IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GILA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003014
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3197
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38326
  • 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: 36.7125015
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6769409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 65E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 800 feet west and 660 feet north of the apparent SE corner
  • 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 (calcareous), thermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GILA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gila
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ALLEN

    ALLEN

    ATCO

    ATCO

    Allenrolfea

    Allenrolfea

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    allenrolfea

    allenrolfea

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

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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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25006
    C2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine gravelly coarse sand; weak medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 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 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25007
    2C3—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; stratified sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; soft, 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; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25008
    2C4—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; stony fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25009
    3C5—104 to 142 centimeters (40.9 to 55.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; stony silt loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25010