IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CALICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003012
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38333
  • 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: 36.6077766
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4833298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 100 feet south and 95 feet west of the apparent north 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: on the University of Nevada Southern Nevada Experiment Station.
  • 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-loamy, mixed (calcareous), thermic Aquic Xerofluvents
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CALICO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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

    ATLEB

    PLSE

    Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri

    Pluchea sericea

    quailbush

    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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    AP1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25058
    C1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25059
    C2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25060
    C3—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stony fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) medium prominent and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25061
    2C4—76 to 84 centimeters (29.9 to 33.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; black (10YR 2/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25062
    3C5—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stony clay loam, clay, silty clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct and 1 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint and 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25063
    4A'1—109 to 117 centimeters (42.9 to 46.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) silty clay; 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine and medium prominent and 21 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25064
    4C1G—117 to 160 centimeters (46.1 to 63.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and black (10YR 2/1) and olive (5Y 4/3) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) clay, silty clay, silty clay loam; 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine and medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25065