IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thesisters
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: NV755611
  • User Pedon ID: 040714LL-1
  • Vegetation Plot ID: NV755611
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16887
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 36.3176111
  • Std. Longitude: -115.6971389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 905—Mountmummy-Thesisters-Maryjane association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV755—Clark County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leon Lato
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, frigid Aridic Lithic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thesisters
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, frigid Aridic Lithic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 0 to 15 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum colluvium derived from limestone and sandstone
  • Landform: backslope mountain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified at 15cm
  • Surface Fragments: 80.00 percent nonflat subangular 2- to 75-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular 76- to 250-millimeter limestone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F030XC287NV Pinus ponderosa ssp. scopulorum-Abies concolor var. concolor/Ericameria compacta/Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11596-95
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    Bk

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPO

    ABCO

    PIAR

    PIFL2

    CELE3

    POFE

    RIBES

    PEPU7

    CHVI8

    Pinus ponderosa

    Abies concolor

    Pinus aristata

    Pinus flexilis

    Cercocarpus ledifolius

    Poa fendleriana

    Ribes

    Petradoria pumila

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

    ponderosa pine

    white fir

    bristlecone pine

    limber pine

    curl-leaf mountain mahogany

    muttongrass

    currant

    rock goldenrod

    yellow rabbitbrush

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    bedrock, lithic

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    15 - 25

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
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    7/14/2004

    7/14/2004

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly silt loam; 42 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 11 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular 76-125-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bk—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly silt loam; 30 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments and 35 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on rock fragments; 25 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 76-125-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; very abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    R—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, moist; bedrock; 2.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks and 1.0 medium roots in cracks; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small