IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCarran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956NV003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1956NV003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956NV003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3174
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38303
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 36.0355492
  • Std. Longitude: -115.1194458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 61E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet north and 300 feet west of 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 3-1/2 miles southeast 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, gypsic, thermic Typic Gypsiorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • 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

    ATCO

    ATCO

    EPVI

    EPVI

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

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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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    671

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    90

    127

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    A1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24804
    C1cs—1 to 36 centimeters (0.4 to 14.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24805. fine sandy loam containing some gypsum.
    IIC2cs—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24806. containing over 50 percent gypsum.
    IIC3cs—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches);, pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; clay loam; white (10YR 8/1) distinct and 1 percent faint mottles; massive; hard, firm; 21 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24807. contains many medium to large gypsum crystals.
    IIC4cs—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches);, pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; loam; 1 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, firm; 21 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24808. contains many medium to large gypsum crystals.
    IIC5—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches);, pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24809