IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mormon Mesa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NV003007
  • User Pedon ID: 89NV003007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0537
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61639
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 36.7750015
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2644424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • 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:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • 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; loamy fine sand; moderate medium platy structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03028. many very fine roots
    A2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03029. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bw—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03030. common fine roots
    Bk1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03031. common fine roots
    Bk2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), white (10YR 8/1) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03032
    Bkm—48 to 51 centimeters (18.9 to 20.1 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2) and pink (5YR 8/4), white (10YR 8/1) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/6), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 89P03033