IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): YOMBA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NV023004
  • User Pedon ID: 92NV023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NV023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0573
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64812
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.0986099
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0819473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 44E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet N and 1800 feet E of the 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: JWH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Duric Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - YOMBA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yomba
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Duric Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/1989 (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

    ATCO

    ATCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    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—13

    13—30

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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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    1670

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    100

    152

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    11.7

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    12.8

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03343
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular 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 # 92P03344
    2Bw—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine 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 # 92P03345
    3Bk—30 to 36 centimeters (11.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03346
    3Bqk—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03347
    4Bqk—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03348