IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Geer
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1987NV023015
User Pedon ID:
87NV023015
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
87P0275
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
59570
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:
38.6324348
Std. Longitude:
-116.1756058
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
9N
Range:
51E
Section:
24
PLSS Details:
800 feet S and 1200 feet W of the NE corner
State:
Nevada
County:
NV023—Nye
MLRA:
29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
PEDON
Describers Name:
JBF
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
15
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 -
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:
very 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
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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1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 12 percent clay; strong coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01379. Less than 5% gravel.
1A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01380. Less than 5% gravel.; many very fine and fine roots
1C1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01381. Less than 5% gravel.; common very fine and fine roots
1C2—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Less than 5% gravel.; common very fine and fine roots
1C3—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Less than 5% gravel.; common very fine and fine roots