LOCATION BARTOME NV OREstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Vitrixerandic Argidurids
TYPICAL PEDON: Bartome ashy very fine sandy loam, rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A1--0 to 5 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) ashy very fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; moderate coarse and very coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and nonplastic; common fine and few very fine roots; common coarse and many medium vesicular pores; slightly alkaline (pH 7.8); clear smooth boundary. (3 to 8 cm thick)
A2--5 to 13 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) ashy very fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky and nonplastic; common fine and very fine roots; few medium and common fine vesicular pores; slightly alkaline (pH 7.8); clear wavy boundary. (3 to 10 inches thick)
A3--13 to 18 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ashy silt loam, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few medium and common fine roots; few medium and common fine tubular pores; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 cm thick)
Bt--18 to 28 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) ashy silty clay loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, sticky and plastic; few medium and fine roots; few medium and fine tubular pores; few thin clay films on peds, common moderately thick clay films lining pores; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); gradual wavy boundary. (10 to 18 cm thick)
Bqk--28 to 36 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) ashy silty clay loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) moist; strong coarse and very coarse platy structure,; hard, firm, sticky and plastic; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; 5 percent pebbles; 15 percent brittle durinodes and few fine soft masses of lime; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); gradual wavy boundary. (8 to 20 cm thick)
Bqkm1--36 to 61 cm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fractured indurated duripan, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) moist; strong coarse platy structure; very hard, extremely firm; few fine roots; few fine tubular pores; 35 percent brittle durinodes in the matrix between fractures; common, fine lime in soft masses and seams; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 9.0); clear smooth boundary. (3 to 25 cm thick)
Bqkm2--61 to 71 cm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) indurated duripan, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; continuous silica laminae are 1/2 to 2 millimeters thick; violently effervescent; very strongly alkaline (pH 9.2); clear wavy boundary. (25 to 43 cm thick)
Bqkm3--71 to 106 cm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) strongly cemented duripan, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) moist; massive; very hard, extremely firm; 25 percent brittle durinodes; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4)
TYPE LOCATION: Owyhee Desert, Elko County, Nevada; in an unsectioned area, approximately 3,000 feet north and 1,800 feet west of the Desert Ranch; latitude 41 degrees 44 minutes 8.6 seconds north and longitude 116 degrees 33 minutes 28.4 seconds west; NAD83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture - Usually dry, moist in winter and spring; dry in summer and early autumn.
Soil temperature - 8 to 10.5 degrees C.
Depth to base of Bt horizon - 25 to 36 cm.
Depth to indurated duripan - 36 to 51 cm.
Depth to bedrock - Greater than 152 cm.
Control section - After mixing the clay content average 18 to 35 percent.
Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent, mainly pebbles.
A horizons - Value: 5 or 6 dry; 4 or 5 moist.
Chroma: 2 through 4.
Volcanic glass: Volcanic glass is estimated to range from 20 to 50 percent of the 0.2 to 2 mm fraction.
Reaction: Neutral to moderately alkaline.
Bt horizon - Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist.
Chroma: 3 or 4.
Clay content: 27 to 35 percent.
Structure: Weak or moderate, fine, medium or coarse subangular blocky.
Consistence: Friable or firm moist.
Volcanic glass: Average volcanic glass is estimated to range from 15 to 30 percent of the 0.2 to 2 mm fraction; subhorizons less than 12.5 cm thick have up to 35 percent.
Reaction: Neutral to moderately alkaline.
Bqk horizon - Value: 6 or 7 dry, 4 through 6 moist.
Chroma: 3 or 4.
Texture: Silt loam, loam, silty clay loam, sandy loam.
Clay content: 18 to 35 percent, with 2 to 15 percent carbonate clay.
Rock fragments: 5 to 25 percent.
Consistence: Slightly hard or hard dry, friable or firm moist, slightly sticky or sticky and slightly plastic or plastic wet.
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 25 percent of the fine earth fraction.
Volcanic glass: Average volcanic glass is estimated to range from 15 to 30 percent of the 0.2 to 2 mm fraction
Reaction: Moderately alkaline to strongly alkaline.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Bartome soils are on summits and side slopes of fan piedmont remnants. These soils formed in alluvium from mixed sources with a thin loess cap mixed with volcanic ash. Slopes are 0 to 8 percent. Elevations are 1,450 to 1,800 meters. Climate is cool and semiarid with warm, dry summers and cool, moist winters. Mean annual precipitation is 200 to 250 mm; mean annual temperature is 8 to 10 degrees C., and the frost-free season is 90 to 120 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Buffaran, Chiara, Colthorp, Ramires and Wedertz soils. Buffaran and Ramires soils have more than 35 percent clay in their argillic horizons. Ramires and Wedertz soils lack an indurated duripan. Chiara soils lack an argillic horizon and have less than 15 percent fine sand or coarser in their control section. Colthorp soils have bedrock below the duripan within a depth of 50 to 100 cm.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow or medium runoff; moderately slow permeability; Ksat class is moderately high.
USE AND VEGETATION: Livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. Vegetation is mainly Wyoming big sagebrush, bottlebrush squirreltail, Sandberg bluegrass, cheatgrass and phlox.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: North-central Nevada and southeast Oregon. MLRA 24, 25. Bartome soils are moderately extensive.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Reno, Nevada
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Elko County, Nevada, 1986.
REMARKS: December, 2008 reclassification from Xeric Argidurids to Vitrixerandic Argidurids to meet the current soil taxonomy.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon The zone from the soil surface to about 18 cm (A horizons).
Argillic horizon - The zone from about 18 to 28 cm (Bt horizon).
Vitrixerandic feature Volcanic glass is estimated to be 20 to 50 percent of the 0.02 to 2 mm fraction in the zone from 0 to 18 cm (A horizons) and 15 to 30 percent of the 0.02 to 2 mm fraction in the zone from 18 to 28 cm (Bt horizon).
Indurated duripan - The zone from about 36 to 71 cm.
Particle-size control section - The zone from 0 to 36 cm.
ADDITIONAL DATA: NSSL pedon # 81P0239 is available in Project CP81NV124-Elko County-BLM (S80NV007801).