IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Geer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NV023011
  • User Pedon ID: 87NV023011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59563
  • 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: 38.3346558
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3092194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV023—Nye
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Geer
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Geer
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Torr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1987 (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—13

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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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    1623

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    45

    15

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    11

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    12

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01338. Less than 5% gravel.; few very fine and fine roots
    1A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01339. Less than 5% gravel.; common very fine and fine roots
    1C1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01340. Less than 5% gravel.; many very fine and fine roots
    1C2—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01341. 5% gravel.; many fine roots
    1C3—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01342. 5% gravel.; many very fine and fine roots
    2Bn—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 13 percent clay; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint coats between sand grains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01343. 10% gravel.; few coats surface features between sand grains; common very fine and fine roots
    2Bkq—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01344. 10% gravel.; common very fine and fine roots
    3Bkq—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01345. 50% gravel.; few fine roots
    1C4—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); 5 percent clay; massive, and structureless single grain; hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Stratified extremely coarse sandy and weakly cemented loamy sand. 60% gravel.; few very fine roots