IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KEEFA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NV023005
  • User Pedon ID: 92NV023005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NV023005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0574
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64813
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.0861130
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0083313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 44E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet S and 800 feet E of the NW 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, mesic Duric Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KEEFA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keefa
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Duric Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/1992
  • 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: 3/24/1992 (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

    PLEUR12

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Pleuraphis

    Indian ricegrass

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    galleta grass

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    durinodes

    0—10

    10—26

    69—152

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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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    1652

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    250

    152

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    12.2

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    13.3

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03349
    Bw—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03350
    Bk1—26 to 51 centimeters (10.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03351
    Bk2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03352
    Bqk1—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 3.0 fine roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03353
    Bqk2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03354