LOCATION YELBRICK NV

Established Series
Rev. JRD-JR-WED-JBF
02/2019

YELBRICK SERIES

The Yelbrick series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in reworked alluviam derived from mixed rocks and lacustrine deposits. The Yelbrick soils are on barrier beaches and longshore bars. Slopes are 0 to 8 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 125 cm and the mean annual temperature is about 10 degrees C.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Sodic Haplocalcids

TYPICAL PEDON: Yelbrick gravelly loam--rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.) The soil surface is covered with 40 percent gravel.

A--0 to 5 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; strong very thin and thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine, fine, and medium roots; many very fine, fine, and medium vesicular pores; 40 percent gravel; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); clear smooth boundary. (5 to 10 cm thick)

Bw--5 to 10 cm; brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; common very fine, fine, and medium roots; common very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent gravel; violently effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.8); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 10 cm thick)

Bk1--10 to 23 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure which parts to strong thin platy; hard, friable, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; many very fine, fine, and medium roots; common very fine, fine tubular and common very fine, fine, and medium interstitial pores; many medium secondary calcium carbonate masses throughout the matrix, many prominent secondary calcium carbonate masses on the bottom of rock fragments; 25 percent gravel; violently effervescent; very strongly alkaline (pH 9.4); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 13 cm thick)

Bk2--23 to 38 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly loam; brown (10YR 5/3) moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine, fine, and few medium roots; many very fine, fine, and medium tubular pores; many prominent secondary calcium carbonate masses all around rock fragments; 30 percent gravel; violently effervescent; very strongly alkaline (pH 9.4); clear wavy boundary. (13 to 25 cm thick)

2Bkq1--38 to 61 cm; brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly loamy sand; brown (10YR 4/3) moist; single grained; loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine, fine, and few medium roots; common fine and medium interstitial and few fine tubular pores; common prominent secondary calcium carbonate and secondary silica pendants on the bottom of rock fragments; common fine secondary calcium carbonate masses throughout the matrix; 60 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles; violently effervescent; very strongly alkaline (pH 9.4); clear wavy boundary. (18 to 43 cm thick)

2Bkq2--61 to 152 cm; brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly coarse sand; brown (10YR 4/3) moist; single grained; loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine and fine roots; many very fine and fine interstitial pores; common distinct secondary calcium carbonate masses around rock fragments; 70 percent gravel, 5 percent cobbles; violently effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.8).

TYPE LOCATION: White Pine County, Nevada; approximately 6 miles northeast of Tippett Ranch, about 500 feet south and 2,600 feet west of the northeast corner of section 33, T. 24 N., R. 68 E.; latitude 39 degrees 55 minutes 10 seconds N and longitude 114 degrees 17 minutes 43 seconds W; WGS84 Decimal Degrees 39.9194444 latitude, -114.2952778 longitude.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: Moist late fall through early summer, dry late July through October except for 10 to 20 days cumulative between July and October due to convection storms; typic aridic soil moisture regime.
Mean annual soil temperature: 11 to 12 degrees C.
Depth to calcic horizon: 5 to 20 cm.

Particle-size control section - Clay content: 18 to 27 percent in the upper part, 2 to 5 percent in the lower part.
Rock fragments: 15 to 30 percent in the upper part, 60 to 80 percent in the lower part.

A horizon
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist.
Reaction: Moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline.

Bk horizons
Clay content: 18 to 27 percent.
Rock fragments: 15 to 30 percent.
Reaction: Strongly alkaline or very strongly alkaline.
Sodicity (SAR): 13 to 45.

2Bkq horizons
Clay content: 2 to 5 percent.
Texture of fine earth: Loamy sand, sand or coarse sand.
Rock fragments: 60 to 80 percent.
Reaction: Strongly alkaline or very strongly alkaline.
Sodicity (SAR): 13 to 45.

COMPETING SERIES: This is the Lieberman series.

Lieberman soils lack gravels in the lower particle-size control section.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Yelbrick soils are on barrier beaches and longshore bars. These soils formed in reworked alluvial derived from mixed rocks and lacustrine material. Slopes are 0 to 8 percent. Elevations are 1,590 to 1,985 meters. The climate is cool, semiarid with warm, dry summers and cold, moist winters. The mean annual precipitation is 125 to 200 mm, mean annual temperature is 9 to 11 degrees C, and the frost-free season is 100 to 120 days.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Piltdown and Slavib series. Piltdown soils have 10 to 18 percent clay in the control section and are found on axial-stream floodplains. Slavib soils have 27 to 35 percent clay in the control section and are found on lake plains and in lagoons.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained; low or medium runoff; moderately high saturated hydraulic conductivity.

USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland and wildlife habitat. The present vegetation is mainly galleta, Indian ricegrass, sand dropseed, shadscale, bud sagebrush, Nevada ephedra, Douglas rabbitbrush, snakeweed, cheatgrass, and mustards.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Nevada, MLRA 28A These soils are not extensive.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: PHOENIX, ARIZONA

SERIES ESTABLISHED: White Pine County, Nevada, East Part, 2004.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - The zone from the surface to 18 cm (A, Bw and part of the Bk1 horizons).
Calcic horizon - The zone from 10 to 61 cm (Bk1, Bk2, 2Bkq1 horizons).
Particle-size control section - The zone from about 25 to 100 cms (Bk2, 2Bkq1, 2Bkq2).

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.