IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitebasin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74NV003005
  • User Pedon ID: 74NV003005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 74NV003005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0154
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44915
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 36.4177778
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1269444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 70E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: NE quarter of NW 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: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • 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 - Holloman
  • 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

    ATCA2

    EPNE

    YUCCA

    Atriplex canescens

    Ephedra nevadensis

    Yucca

    fourwing saltbush

    Nevada jointfir

    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

    5

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    725

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00894
    C1—4 to 18 centimeters (1.6 to 7.1 inches); white (5YR 8/1) and light gray (5Y 7/1), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00895
    C2—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); white (5Y 8/1) and light gray (5Y 7/1), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00896
    C3—46 to 88 centimeters (18.1 to 34.6 inches); white (5Y 8/1) and light gray (5Y 7/1), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00897
    2C4—88 to 152 centimeters (34.6 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and olive gray (5Y 4/2) and light gray (5Y 7/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00898