IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Armespan
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1987NV023020
User Pedon ID:
87NV023020
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
87P0282
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
59577
Print Date:
11/24/2024
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:
38.8750000
Std. Longitude:
-115.5466690
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
12N
Range:
57E
Section:
27
PLSS Details:
2400 feet N and 1200 feet E of SW corner
State:
Nevada
County:
NV023—Nye
MLRA:
29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Calciorthids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
20
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Armespan
PSC -
25 to 94 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Armespan
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Calciort
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
9/1/1987
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Moisture SUBClass -
xeric
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
piedmont
Landform:
alluvial fan
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/1/1987 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
Horizon
Top Depth
Bottom Depth
Sample ID
Data Collector
Total Clay
CaCO3 Clay
Total Silt
Fine Silt
Co. Silt
Total Sand
Total Sand Method
VC Sand
Co. Sand
Med. Sand
Fine Sand
VF Sand
VF Sand Method
Texture Class - Field Lab
Rubbed Fiber
Unrubbed Fiber
pH H2O
cm
cm
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
1A1
0
—
—
—
42
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—
—
—
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—
—
—
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Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
Horizon
Top Depth
Bottom Depth
Sample ID
pH CaCl2
pH NaF
pH Ox
Delta pH
LL
PL
PI
Atter. Samp. Cond.
COLE
Pot. Acidity
Ca + Mg - Meh 2
K
Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste
KCl Extract. Acidity
Base Sat. - Meh 2
CEC-7
CEC-8.2
cm
cm
%
%
%
cm/cm
meq/100g
cmol(+)/kg
cmol(+)/kg
mmol(+)/l
cmol(+)/kg
%
cmol(+)/kg
cmol(+)/kg
1A1
0
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—
—
—
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—
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—
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Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
Horizon
Top Depth
Bottom Depth
Sample ID
ECEC
Phosphate P
NO3-N
EC
EC Method
EC 1:5 by volume
CaCO3 Equiv.
Equiv. Gypsum
Na
SAR
Gypsum Req.
Humic Color
Fulvic Color
Humic + Fulvic Color
Al
PI
Pyro. Hue
PyrO. Value
Pyro. Chroma
cm
cm
cmol(+)/kg
mg/kg
mg/kg
dS/m
dS/m
%
%
mmol(+)/l
%
L-pcu/g
L-pcu/g
L-pcu/g
%
1A1
0
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
calcic horizon
0—25
25—94
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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
7
—
—
—
—
270
20
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—
10
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12
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1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01403. 15% gravel.; few very fine roots
1A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 42 percent sand; 15 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01404. 20% gravel.; few very fine and fine roots
1Bk1—25 to 69 centimeters (9.8 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01405. 45% gravel.; many very fine roots; many medium roots
1Bk2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog. 25-30% weak silica carbonate cementation. 55% gravel.; few very fine and fine roots