IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adaven
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017030
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38319
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.3155251
  • Std. Longitude: -115.1322403
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 61E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: N .5
  • Location Description: 1000 feet W of US Hwy. 93.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV611—Pahranagat-Penoyer Area, Nevada, Parts of Lincoln and Nye Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Adaven
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adaven
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1959 (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

    DISTI

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Distichlis

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    saltgrass

    alkali sacaton

    alkali sacaton

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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

    1

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    914

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    178

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    13.3

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24949
    IIA12—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24950
    IIIC1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) mottles; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24951
    IIIC2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent noncoherent cemented worm nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24952
    IVC3cam—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 fine and medium and fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24953
    IVC4ca—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; sandy loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24954
    IVC5—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; sandy loam; 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) fine and medium and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24955