IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wechech
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73NV003006
  • User Pedon ID: 73NV003006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 73NV003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0110
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44744
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.9913889
  • Std. Longitude: -115.2638889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 60E
  • Section: 33
  • Map Unit: 152—Cave gravelly fine sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV788—Las Vegas Valley Area, Nevada, Part of Clark County

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wechech
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    LATR2

    YUCCA

    Larrea tridentata

    Yucca

    creosote bush

    yucca

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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

    4

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 13 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 36 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00736
    B2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 38 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00737
    C1ca—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 22 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00738
    C2ca—32 to 48 centimeters (12.6 to 18.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00739
    C3cam—48 to 53 centimeters (18.9 to 20.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00740