IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitebasin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74NV003004
  • User Pedon ID: 74NV003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 74NV003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44914
  • 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: 36.4319444
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1569444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 70E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NE quarter, NE quarter
  • Map Unit: 115—Whitebasin-Upperline-Hardbasin 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, R. Speck
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Leptic Haplogypsids
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitebasin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1974 (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

    3

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    780

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loam; strong fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00887
    B2—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00888
    C1cs—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); white (5YR 8/1) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00889
    C2cs—32 to 55 centimeters (12.6 to 21.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and white (5YR 8/1), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00890
    C3—55 to 95 centimeters (21.7 to 37.4 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00891
    C4cs—95 to 120 centimeters (37.4 to 47.2 inches); white (5YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00892
    C5—120 to 152 centimeters (47.2 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00893