IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oxcorel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982NV027002
  • User Pedon ID: 1982NV027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0709
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51496
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.2375000
  • Std. Longitude: -117.7388889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet W and 1600 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV027—Pershing
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV769—Pershing County, Nevada, East Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Durinodic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxcorel
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxcorel
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1982 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—84

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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

    5

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    1366

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    90

    15

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    9

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    10

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    1A 1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 32 percent silt; strong fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3716. 8% clay.; few very fine roots
    1A 2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 32 percent silt; strong fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3717. 8% clay.; few very fine roots
    1AB—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 47 percent silt; moderate fine prismatic, and weak fine platy structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3718. 35% clay. Thin bleached silt coats along pores. Few white bleached areas. Few fine Fe and Mn stains, silt coatings around pores.; few very fine and fine roots
    1B t—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; clay; 25 percent sand; 25 percent silt; moderate fine prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3719. 50% clay.; common very fine and fine roots
    1B tkn1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; 25 percent sand; 27 percent silt; weak fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3720. 48% clay.; common very fine and fine roots
    1B tkn2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; 20 percent sand; 30 percent silt; weak fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3721. 50% clay.; few very fine roots
    1B tkz—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 20 percent sand; 43 percent silt; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3722. 37% clay.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    1B kg1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 46 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P3723. 14% clay.; few very fine roots
    1B kg2—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 28 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P3724. 10% clay. Weak cementation on undersides of rock fragments. Rock fragments coated with lime, heavy on undersides.