LOCATION JULIET NV
Established Series
MPC/CKS/MM
09/2021
JULIET SERIES
The Juliet series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in glacial till. Juliet soils are on moraines. Slopes are 4 to 35 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 500 mm and the mean annual temperature is about 6 degrees C.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Pachic Haplocryolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Juliet very gravelly loam--rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted) The soil surface is partially covered with approximately 10 percent stones, 10 percent cobbles, and 40 percent gravel.
A--0 to 13 cm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very gravelly loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; 50 percent sand; 9 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine irregular pores; 35 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, 8 percent stones; slightly acid (pH 6.5); noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 25 cm thick)
Bw1--13 to 41 cm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) extremely cobbly sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine irregular pores; 40 percent gravel, 25 percent cobbles, and 5 percent stones; neutral (pH 6.7); noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. (10 to 30 cm thick)
Bw2--41 to 90 cm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) extremely cobbly sandy clay loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; common very fine irregular pores; 30 percent gravel, 25 percent cobbles, and 5 percent stones; neutral (pH 6.8); noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. (15 to 50 cm thick)
C--90 to 150 cm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely cobbly sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; many very fine irregular pores; 25 percent gravel, 35 percent cobbles, and 10 percent stones; neutral (pH 6.8); noneffervescent.
TYPE LOCATION: Elko County, Nevada; about 2.5 miles northwest of McAfee Peak; 550 feet south and 850 feet east of the northwest corner of section 21, T. 42 N., R. 53 E; USGS Chicken Creek Summit 7.5 minute quadrangle; latitude 41 degrees 31 minutes 37.2 seconds N and longitude 116 degrees 1 minutes 13.2 seconds W; WSG84 Decimal Degrees 41.52699 latitude, -116.02034 longitude.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: Moist in winter and spring, dry late July through early October; typic xeric moisture regime.
Mean annual soil temperature: 3.5 to 6 degrees C.
Mollic epipedon thickness: 40 to 100 cm.
Reaction: Slightly acid or neutral.
Particle-size control section - Clay content: Averages 18 to 32 percent.
Rock fragments: 45 to 80 percent sub-rounded fragments, dominantly cobbles.
A horizon
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR
Value: 2 through 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist.
Chroma: 1 through 3
Bw horizons
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR.
Value: 4 through 6 dry, 3 through 5 moist.
Chroma: 2 through 6.
Structure: weak through strong, fine or very fine granular.
Texture: sandy clay loam, sandy loam, or silty clay loam.
C horizon
Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR.
Value: 4 through 6 dry, 4 through 6 moist.
Chroma: 3 through 6.
Structure: massive.
Texture: sandy clay loam, sandy loam, or silty clay loam.
COMPETING SERIES: These are
Baconcamp,
Badgerton,
Badhap,
Behanco,
Behanin,
Belsac,
Boatman,
Boydhollow,
Bullrey,
Busterback,
Croesus,
Dressel,
Gateview,
Goodski,
Hapgood,
Harcany,
Hobacker,
Kious,
Lionhead,
Lolon,
Lund,
Marcetta,
Mundos,
Nagitsy,
Namela,
Nazaton,
Papaspila,
Parkcity,
Poleline,
Povey,
Snacreek,
Snopoc,
Sparky,
Splitbutte,
Sweethollow, and
Tonigut series.
Baconcamp,
Behanco,
Belsac,
Croesus,
Goodski,
Hapgood,
Kious, Nagasty,
Namela,
Poleline,
Povey,
Splitbutte and
Tonigut soils all have bedrock within 150cm.
Badhap,
Gateview,
Lolon, and
Marcetta soils lack cambic horizons.
Hobacker,
Boydhollow,
Lionhead,
Lund, and
Mundos soils have secondary carbonates in the profile. Bagerton,
Busterback,
Harcany,
Parkcity,
Snacreek,
Snopoc, and
Sweethollow soils have less than 18 percent clay in the control section.
Bullrey soils have flat and angular rock fragments and ustic soil moisture regimes.
Dressel soils have sandstone fragments and E horizons.
Boatman,
Behanin,
Sparky,
Nazaton, and
Papaspila soils all have udic soil moisture regimes and O horizons.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Juliet soils are on moraines. They formed in glacial till. Slopes are 8 to 50 percent. Elevations range from 2,000 to 2,800 meters. Climate is cold, semiarid with cold, wet winters and cool, dry summers. The mean annual precipitation is 350 to 600 mm that comes largely as winter snow. The mean annual temperature is 3 to 7 degrees C and the frost-free period is less than 70 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Glideski,
Gaia, and
Dehana series. Glideski and Dehana soils have argillic horizons. Gaia soils are not pachic and have less than 18 percent clay in the control section.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained; medium to very high surface runoff; moderately high saturated hydraulic conductivity.
USE AND VEGETATION: Juliet soils are used mainly for rangeland and wildlife habitat. Vegetation consists mainly of mountain big sagebrush, snowberry, basin wildrye, and mountain brome.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northeastern Nevada in MLRA 25. These soils are not extensive.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Davis, California.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Elko County, Nevada, Humboldt National Forest, Nevada, North Part, 2020.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon - The zone from the soil surface to 90 cm (A, Bw1, and Bw2 horizons).
Cambic horizon - the zone from 13 to 90cm (Bw1 and Bw2 horizons).
Particle-size control section - The zone from 25 to 100 cm (Bw2 horizon and parts of the Bw1 and C horizons).
Juliet was established in Elko County, NV on the NV764 survey.
ADDITIONAL DATA: User Pedon ID: 2020NV007109.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.