IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Koyen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV023031
  • User Pedon ID: 81NV023031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0054
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50294
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.2772217
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3047256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 50E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: about 2500 feet N and 1000 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: Hot Creek Valley.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV023—Nye

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WED
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Koyen
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (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
    • 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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    90

    15

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00246. few very fine and fine roots
    1B2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00247. common very fine and fine roots
    1C1ca—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00248. common medium roots; many very fine roots
    2C2ca—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00249. common very fine roots
    3C3ca—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P00250. common very fine and fine roots
    3C4ca—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P00251. few fine roots