IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VIRGIN RIVER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3211
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38340
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 36.7688904
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1361084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 70E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: It is approximately 500 feet north of the apparent south 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Located on the LDS Stake Farm approximately 1 mile west of the Bunkerville schoolhouse.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV608—Virgin River Area, Nevada and Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. N. Langan and V. D. Leavitt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed (calcareous), thermic Aquic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VIRGIN RIVER
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Virgin River
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    PLSE

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Pluchea sericea

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    arrowweed

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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

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    127

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    20

    30.6

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25108
    C1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25109
    C2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 1 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25110
    C3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 1 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) medium and coarse distinct and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium faint and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse platy parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.1 fine and medium pores; in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25111
    2C4—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; stony loamy fine sand, fine sand; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine faint and 21 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.1 fine pores; in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25112
    3C5—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25113