IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tippipah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017035
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38299
  • 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: 37.6488457
  • Std. Longitude: -115.8425369
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 55E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south, 400 feet east of northwest corner
  • 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: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Duric Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tippipah
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tippipah
  • 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

    PLEUR12

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Pleuraphis

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    galleta grass

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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

    2

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    1554

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    45

    203

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    11.1

    21.7

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24768
    A&B—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium columnar, and weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine and medium vesicular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A24769. patchy - phpvsfiid 188287; patchy - phpvsfiid 188287
    B21t—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium faint mottles; strong medium columnar parts to weak thick platy, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24770. patchy - phpvsfiid 188288; patchy - phpvsfiid 188288
    B22t—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 1 percent distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24771. patchy - phpvsfiid 188289; patchy - phpvsfiid 188289
    B3t—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films between sand grains and 10 percent on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24772
    IIC1—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24773
    IIC2sica—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24774
    IIC3—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24775
    IIC4—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24776