IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mormon Mesa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NV003006
  • User Pedon ID: 89NV003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0536
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61638
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.7763901
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2661133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mormon Mesa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mormon Mesa
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • 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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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03020
    A2—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03021. few very fine roots
    Bw1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03022. few fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    Bw2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03023. contains stoneline - rocks rounded and 8-12 cm long diameter; many fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; many very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), white (10YR 8/1) and pink (5YR 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03024. moist consistence; common very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), white (10YR 8/1) and pink (5YR 8/3), dry; sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03025. nodules in Bk2 and the pan are extremely firm; common very fine roots
    2Bkm—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), white (10YR 8/1) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, loose, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 89P03026