IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOLLYWELL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NV023003
  • User Pedon ID: 92NV023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NV023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0572
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64811
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.0444450
  • Std. Longitude: -117.1308365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 43E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet S and 1200 feet W of the NE 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: JWH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HOLLYWELL
  • PSC - 30 to 122 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollywell
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACHY

    ATCO

    ATCO

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Indian ricegrass

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—8

    8—28

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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

    3

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    1688

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    100

    152

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    11.7

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    12.8

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03338
    Bw—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03339
    Bgk1—28 to 68 centimeters (11.0 to 26.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03340
    Bgk2—68 to 122 centimeters (26.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03341
    Bgk3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03342