IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CALICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003011
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3203
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 36.5769463
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4605560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: The site is approximately 1,500 feet west and 660 feet south of the NE corner
  • Location Description: on the P. Ozaki 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: L. N. Lang and V. D. Leavitt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed (calcareous), thermic Aquic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CALICO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calico
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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

    PLSE

    Pluchea sericea

    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); brown (7.5YR 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse platy parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25049
    C1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25050
    C2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) stony silt loam, sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25051
    3C3—56 to 63 centimeters (22.0 to 24.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine prominent and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine mottles; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium interstitial pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25052
    4A11B—63 to 79 centimeters (24.8 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay loam; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium and coarse distinct and 3 percent fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25053
    4A12B—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25054
    4A13B—86 to 94 centimeters (33.9 to 37.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay; olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25055
    5C1G—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) stony clay loam; 21 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.1 fine interstitial pores; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25056
    6C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25057