IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003009
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32720
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 36.6055565
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4725037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 1,000 feet south and 350 feet east of the apparent NW corner
  • Location Description: adjacent to Stringtown Road.
  • 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: Sandy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arada
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arada
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACHY

    PLRI3

    PLRI3

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Pleuraphis rigida

    Pleuraphis rigida

    Indian ricegrass

    big galleta

    big galleta

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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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    C1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01425
    C2—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01426
    IIC3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sand; 1 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01427
    IIC4ca—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 3 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01428
    IIIC5ca—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 85 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01429
    IVC6ca—109 centimeters (42.9 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 90 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A01430