IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VIRGIN RIVER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003017
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3212
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38341
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 36.7705574
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1291656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 70E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 1100 feet north and 100 feet west of SE corner
  • Location Description: On the Biasi farm which is approximately 2 miles west of Bunkerville.
  • 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-silty, mixed (calcareous), thermic Aquic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VIRGIN RIVER
  • 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: somewhat excessively
  • 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

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    PLSE

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Pluchea sericea

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    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);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25114
    C1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25115
    C2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; stony silty clay, clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse distinct and 1 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25116
    C3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; stony silty clay loam, silty clay; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium prominent and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25117
    2C4—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; stony fine sand, loamy fine sand; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25118
    3C5—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; stony clay, clay loam; dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine faint and 21 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very 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 # 40A25119
    4C6—152 centimeters (59.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25120