IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCarran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956NV003003
  • User Pedon ID: S1956NV003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956NV003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38304
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 36.0794373
  • Std. Longitude: -115.1288910
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 61E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 170 feet north and 60 feet east of the center corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 2 miles east of McCarran Air Field.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV788—Las Vegas Valley Area, Nevada, Part of Clark County

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Gypsiorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarran
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCarran
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    EPVI

    EPVI

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    alkali sacaton

    alkali sacaton

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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

    1

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    640

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    90

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium platy structure; hard, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24810
    C1cs—3 to 28 centimeters (1.2 to 11.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 3 percent pink (7.5YR 8/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24811
    C2cs—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24812
    C3cs—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24813
    C4—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm; 21 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24814
    IIC5—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches);, pale yellow (5Y 7/3), moist; clay loam; 1 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium prominent and 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm; 21 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24815
    IIIC6cs—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches);, pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; silty clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24816
    IIIC7cac—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches);, pale yellow (5Y 8/2), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, indurated by silica; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24817