IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fang
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017037
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017037
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3195
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38324
  • 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: 37.6352768
  • Std. Longitude: -115.8319473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 55E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 0.6 mile E and 0.22 mile N of SW corner
  • Location Description: 2.95 miles SW of Triangulation Station and Benchmark #4784 along secondary road and 250 feet W of 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: E. A. Naphan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, mesic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 37
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fang
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fang
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: 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

    ACHY

    PLEUR12

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Pleuraphis

    Indian ricegrass

    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

    1

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    0

    203

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    11.1

    21.7

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    C1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24990
    C2—8 to 32 centimeters (3.1 to 12.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24991
    C3—32 to 51 centimeters (12.6 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24992
    C4—51 to 99 centimeters (20.1 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive, and weak and moderate fine platy; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24993
    2C5—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and medium interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24994
    3C6—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse platy, and weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24995
    4C7—145 to 163 centimeters (57.1 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24996