IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Overton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003013
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3219
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38348
  • 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: 36.5736122
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4597244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 2,000 feet south and 1,700 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: on the John Featherston 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. Langan and V. D. Leavitt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, calcareous, thermic Aeric Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Overton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • 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: somewhat 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

    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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    14.4

    30.6

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25153
    A12—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25154
    C1G—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine distinct and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25155
    C2G—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay; yellow (10YR 7/6) and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A25156
    C3G—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25157
    C4G—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) sandy clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25158
    2C5—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25159
    3C6—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine and medium and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25160
    4C7—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct and 1 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) coarse distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25161