IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TOQUOP
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV003019
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV003019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV003019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3216
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38345
  • 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: 36.8105545
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1197205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3.1 miles west of Mesquite Post Office on US Highway 91 and approximately 200 feet SE of Highway 91 on Lewis Pulsipher farm.
  • 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, V. D. Leavitt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TOQUOP
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Toquop
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: 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 - artificial cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - urban and built-up
  • 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

    ACHY

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Indian ricegrass

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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 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25134
    2C1—1 to 23 centimeters (0.4 to 9.1 inches); pink (5YR 8/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25135
    2C2—23 to 66 centimeters (9.1 to 26.0 inches); pink (5YR 8/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25136
    2C2—66 to 109 centimeters (26.0 to 42.9 inches); pink (5YR 8/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; 1 percent white (7.5YR 8/1) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25137
    2C4—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); pink (5YR 8/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; 1 percent white (7.5YR 8/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A25138