IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OVERTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003006
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38350
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.6169434
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4827805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 400 feet north and 100 feet east of the center
  • Location Description: on the Keith Adams Ranch.
  • 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: Ed. Naphan, G. Harper, L. N. Langan, and V. D. Leavitt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), thermic Aeric Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - OVERTON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Overton
  • 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

    TARA

    Tamarix ramosissima

    saltcedar

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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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25170
    A12—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25171
    C1G—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine prominent and 21 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine and medium faint and 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 21 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25172
    C2G—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silty clay; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25173
    2C3—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) stony fine sandy loam, clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25174
    3C4—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silty clay; reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine and medium faint mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25175. patchy - phpvsfiid 188249; patchy - phpvsfiid 188249