IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Koyen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NV017005
  • User Pedon ID: 86NV017005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NV017005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0890
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59184
  • 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: 37.5033340
  • Std. Longitude: -114.8394470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Delamar Valley, About 8 mi S of Hwy 93 on powerline road.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Koyen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Koyen
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Typic Torriorthen
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (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

    GRSP

    HIJA

    ORHY

    Grayia spinosa

    Hilaria jamesii

    Oryzopsis hymenoides

    spiny hopsage

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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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    1522

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    225

    15

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 22 percent silt; moderate platy, and moderate subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05355. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 21 percent silt; weak medium, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05356. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bk1—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 21 percent silt; massive, and weak medium platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05357. Thin patchy lime coats on undersides of rocks.; many very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Bk2—38 to 92 centimeters (15.0 to 36.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 22 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05358. Thin lime coats on vertical and undersides of rocks.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1C—92 to 119 centimeters (36.2 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 24 percent silt; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05359. Thin lime coats randomly oriented on rocks.; few very fine roots; few fine roots
    2Ckg—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; very gravelly loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 12 percent silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 medium interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05360. Thin lime and sicla coats on veritcal and undersides of rocks, horizon 25% weakly cemented.; few very fine roots; few fine roots