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: 11/13/2024

    • 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