IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003010
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38305
  • 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: 36.5741653
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4455566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 1,750 feet south and 250 feet west of the North 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: adjacent to the north end of the Overton Airstrip.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24818
    C2—8 to 43 centimeters (3.1 to 16.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; weak fine and medium granular parts to single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24819
    IIC3—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24820
    IIC4ca—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; 3 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24821
    IIIC5ca—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches);, pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24822
    IVC6ca—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24823