IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DryGyp
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004NV003001
  • User Pedon ID: 04NV003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004NV003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0770
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16904
  • 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: 36.3862762
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4287491
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 951—Drygyp-Guardian-Baseline 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: Doug Merkler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, gypsic, hyperthermic, shallow Typic Petrogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DryGyp
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, gypsic, hyperthermic, shallow Typic Petrogypsids
  • PSC - 0 to 18 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gypsiferous sedimentary rock
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/21/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2687-141
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PSFR

    PEPA13

    ACGR

    ERIN4

    Psorothamnus fremontii

    Petalonyx parryi

    Acacia greggii

    Eriogonum inflatum

    Fremont's dalea

    Parry's sandpaper plant

    catclaw acacia

    desert trumpet

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    1/21/2000

    20

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    13
    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

    5

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    474

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    100

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    A—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fine sandy loam; moderate very thick platy structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N04374; observed in pit, small
    Bky—1 to 18 centimeters (0.4 to 7.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, moist; gypsiferous fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; moderate very thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium prominent platy moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist, gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04375; observed in pit, small
    Bym1—18 to 47 centimeters (7.1 to 18.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8/4) crushed, moist; cemented fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; strong very thick platy structure; rigid, slightly rigid; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent medium prominent platy moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist, gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04376; observed in pit, small
    Bym2—47 to 90 centimeters (18.5 to 35.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, moist; cemented fine sandy loam; moderate very thick platy structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent medium prominent platy moderately coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist, gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04377; observed in pit, small
    By1—90 to 151 centimeters (35.4 to 59.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04378; observed in pit, small
    By2—151 to 178 centimeters (59.4 to 70.1 inches); gypsiferous fine sandy loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments. Lab sample # 04N04379; observed in pit, small