IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mormon Mesa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NV003005
  • User Pedon ID: 89NV003005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0535
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61637
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.7552795
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2544479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 69E
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Sampled in a cutbank along an abandoned road about 6400 m SSE of S89NV-003-006. Cliff face on eastern flank of Mormon Mesa. USGS quad. MOAPA peak SE, NV.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36114-G3—Moapa Peak SE, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mormon Mesa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mormon Mesa
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    640

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    135

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    Bk1—267 to 307 centimeters (105.1 to 120.9 inches); white (5YR 8/1), pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist; fine sandy loam; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03013. many carbonate nodules < 2 cm in diameter. These are very hard when dry, firm when moist, and weakly cemented.
    Bk2—307 to 343 centimeters (120.9 to 135.0 inches); white (5YR 8/1), pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03014. few carbonate nodules < 2 cm in diameter. These are very hard when dry, firm when moist, and weakly cemented.
    Bk3—343 to 384 centimeters (135.0 to 151.2 inches); white (5Y 8/1), pinkish white (5YR 8/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03015. the (5YR 7/3) channels are rounded in cross section and have a branching outline vertically. The (5YR 8/1) areas have sbk outline and range in size from 1 to 5 cm in width.
    Bk4—384 to 419 centimeters (151.2 to 165.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), moist; loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03016
    Bk5—419 to 452 centimeters (165.0 to 178.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03017
    BCk—452 to 488 centimeters (178.0 to 192.1 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P03018
    C—500 centimeters (196.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P03019