IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALKO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017032
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017032
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3182
  • 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: 37.3596878
  • Std. Longitude: -115.2072372
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 60E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1550 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 0.72 mile W of the Alamo airport and 60 feet S of secondary road.
  • 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, carbonatic, thermic Typic Durorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ALKO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alko
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    ATCO

    ATCO

    FOSH

    GRSP

    YUCCA

    YUCCA

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Forestiera shrevei

    Grayia spinosa

    Yucca

    Yucca

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    desert olive

    spiny hopsage

    yucca

    yucca

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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

    4

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    1164

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    90

    203

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    12.2

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    C1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24871
    C2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy coarse sand; moderate medium platy parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24872
    C3—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24873
    C4sicam—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24874
    C5sicam—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24875
    IIC6ca—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine gravelly coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very 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 # 40A24876
    IIC7—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine gravelly coarse sand; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24877