IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mormon Mesa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NV003007A
  • User Pedon ID: 89NV003007A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62040
  • 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: 36.7577782
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2533340
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 69E
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Samples of the Muddy Creek Formation, collected 300 m, 600 m, and 800 m Ne of S89NV003-005. Clark County, NV. Cliff faces on eastern flank of Mormon Mesa. USGS Quad. MOAPA Peak. SE, NV.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark

    • 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 #: 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, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (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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    C—15 to 18 centimeters (5.9 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00710. consolidated mudstone; site is 300 m NE of pedon S89NV3-5
    C—18 to 20 centimeters (7.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00711. site is 300 m NE of pedon S89NV3-5
    C—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), pink (5YR 7/3), dry; loamy fine sand; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments. Lab sample # 90P00712. cemented (CaCO3) sandstone; site is 300 m NE of pedon S89NV3-5
    C—28 to 30 centimeters (11.0 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00713. site is 600 m NE of pedon S89NV3-5 at the curve in road
    C—30 to 33 centimeters (11.8 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), pink (5YR 7/3), dry; loamy fine sand; hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments. Lab sample # 90P00714. cemented (CaCO3) sandstone; site is 600 m NE of pedon S89NV3-5 at the curve in road
    C—38 to 41 centimeters (15.0 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00715. consolidated mudstone; sample has gypsum veins; site is 800 m NE of pedon S89NV3-5
    C—41 to 43 centimeters (16.1 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments. Lab sample # 90P00716. site is 800 m NE of pedon S89NV3-5