IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hardbasin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74NV003001
  • User Pedon ID: 74NV003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 74NV003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0150
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44911
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 36.4702778
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 70E
  • Section: 10
  • Map Unit: 360—Bracken-Arizo-Badland 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: J. Downs and R. Speck
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Petrogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hardbasin
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1974 (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

    EPNE

    Ephedra nevadensis

    Nevada jointfir

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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

    2

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00865
    B2—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00866
    C1csm—12 to 28 centimeters (4.7 to 11.0 inches); fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00867
    C2sc—28 to 47 centimeters (11.0 to 18.5 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00868
    C3cs—47 to 58 centimeters (18.5 to 22.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/6) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist; loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00869
    C4—58 to 83 centimeters (22.8 to 32.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00870
    C5—83 to 103 centimeters (32.7 to 40.6 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00871
    C6—103 to 145 centimeters (40.6 to 57.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00872
    C7—145 to 184 centimeters (57.1 to 72.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and pinkish white (5YR 8/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00873