IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penoyer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NV017003
  • User Pedon ID: 86NV017003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NV017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0888
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59182
  • 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: 37.3288879
  • Std. Longitude: -114.8925018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 63E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet S and 2325 feet E of projected NE corner
  • Location Description: Lincoln Co.; NV Southern Delamar Valley
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penoyer
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penoyer
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed (calcareous) Typic Torriorthen
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HIJA

    Hilaria jamesii

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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

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    1409

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    270

    15

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 13 percent silt; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05344. common very fine and fine roots
    1A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; very cobbly very fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 13 percent silt; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05345. Many very thick and extremely thick silica-carbonate coats on undersides of rock fragments.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 18 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05346. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C2—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 21 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05347. common very fine and fine roots
    1C3—81 to 130 centimeters (31.9 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 13 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05348. Few thin CaCO3 filaments in pores.; common very fine and fine roots
    2Btb—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 26 percent silt; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.