IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
CIRAC
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1992NV023002
User Pedon ID:
92NV023002
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1992NV023002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
92P0571
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
64810
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
38.6361122
Std. Longitude:
-117.6444473
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
8N
Range:
39E
Section:
18
PLSS Details:
100 feet E and 1200 feet N of SW corner
State:
Nevada
County:
NV023—Nye
MLRA:
29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NV781—Nye County, Nevada, Northwest Part
PEDON
Describers Name:
JBF
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Torrifluvents
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
CIRAC
PSC -
21 to 116 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Cirac
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Torr
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
3/25/1992
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
fan terrace
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/25/1992 (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:
wind and water erosion
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
SAVE4
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
greasewood
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
0—8
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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
2
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1676
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130
127
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12.2
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13.3
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A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03330
A2—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03331
C1—21 to 52 centimeters (8.3 to 20.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03332
C2—52 to 94 centimeters (20.5 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified fine sandy loam to gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03333
C3—94 to 116 centimeters (37.0 to 45.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified gravelly loamy sand to gravelly sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03334
C4—116 to 137 centimeters (45.7 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03335
C5—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified gravelly coarse sand to gravelly sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03336
2C6—150 to 160 centimeters (59.1 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03337