IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Geer
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1987NV023008
User Pedon ID:
87NV023008
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
87P0280
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
59575
Print Date:
11/23/2024
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:
38.7707748
Std. Longitude:
-115.1825180
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
White River Valley
State:
Nevada
County:
NV023—Nye
MLRA:
29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
PEDON
Describers Name:
JBF
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
8
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Geer
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Typic Torriorthents
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/1/1987
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
piedmont
Landform:
alluvial fan
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/1/1987 (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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
0—33
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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
4
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90
15
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11
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12
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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; very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01394. Less than 5% gravel.; few very fine and fine roots
1A2—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy very fine sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01395. Less than 5% gravel.; many very fine roots; many medium roots
1C1—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01396. Less than 5% gravel.; many very fine roots; many medium roots
1C2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01397. Less than 5% gravel.; common very fine roots; common medium roots