IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calico
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970NV0038528
  • User Pedon ID: 1970NV0038528
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38332
  • Print Date: 12/11/2025

    • 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: 36.5769444
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4605556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: about 1,500 feet west and 660 feet south of the NE corner
  • Location Description: on the Ozaki Ranch in Moapa Valley
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV608—Virgin River Area, Nevada and Arizona
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36114-E4—Overton, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Lang and V. D. Leavitt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, calcareous, thermic Aquic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calico (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calico
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium over lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    endosaturation

    0—18

    56—

    94—110

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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

    —

    —

    —

    400

    —

    127

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    20

    30.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very thick platy parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine and fine roots; many (3.0) very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25049
    C1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots and common (4.0) fine roots; many (3.0) very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25050
    C2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; stratified stratified silt loam to fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (4.0) very fine roots; common (2.0) very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25051
    2C3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; stratified stratified silty clay to silty clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine prominent and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very sticky, moderately plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots; common (2.0) very fine and fine tubular pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25052
    2C4—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); variegated very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; few (2.0) very fine roots; common (2.0) very fine tubular and few (1.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25055
    2Cg5—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), dry; stratified stratified fine sandy loam to clay loam; 21 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; few (2.0) very fine roots; many (3.0) very fine interstitial and few (1.0) fine interstitial pores; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25056
    3C6—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (2.0) very fine roots; many (3.0) very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25057