IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GLENDALE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956NV003005
  • User Pedon ID: S1956NV003005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956NV003005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3198
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38327
  • 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: 36.1805458
  • Std. Longitude: -115.0666656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 62E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: It is 320 feet south and 1300 feet west of 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 1500 feet southwest of shopping center on Nellis Road which is approximately 4 miles east of Las Vegas.
  • 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-silty, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GLENDALE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
  • 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

    ALOC2

    Allenrolfea occidentalis

    iodinebush

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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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    579

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    180

    127

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25011
    C1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25012
    C2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25013
    C3—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25014
    C4—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25015
    C5—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25016
    C6—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25017