IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hawsley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977NV019001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977NV019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45024
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.3244444
  • Std. Longitude: -119.2219444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 792 meters S and 731 meters E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: about .3 km S of 9th St and 1.6 km E of US 95A
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV019—Lyon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. M. Archer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hawsley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hawsley
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—10

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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
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    1A 11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00105
    1A 12—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00106. common very fine roots
    1C 1—17 to 39 centimeters (6.7 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00107. common very fine and fine roots
    1C 2—39 to 75 centimeters (15.4 to 29.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00108. few very fine and fine roots
    1C 3ca—75 to 98 centimeters (29.5 to 38.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00109. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    1C 4ca—98 to 102 centimeters (38.6 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00110. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    1C 5ca—102 to 133 centimeters (40.2 to 52.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00111. few fine roots; many very fine roots
    2C 6ca—133 to 150 centimeters (52.4 to 59.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 78P00112. few iron concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine roots