IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tickapoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017039
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017039
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3165
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38294
  • 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: 37.6132927
  • Std. Longitude: -115.8953171
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 54E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 0.2 mile east of west 1/4 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: Edward A. Naphan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, mesic, shallow Haplic Nadurargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tickapoo
  • PSC - 5 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tickapoo
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    GRAYI

    PLEUR12

    TETRA3

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Grayia

    Pleuraphis

    Tetradymia

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    hopsage

    galleta grass

    horsebrush

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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

    3

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    1551

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    45

    203

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    1.7

    11.1

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24726
    B21t—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films on faces of peds and between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24727. patchy - phpvsfiid 188293; patchy - phpvsfiid 188293
    B22t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 2.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24728. patchy - phpvsfiid 188295; patchy - phpvsfiid 188295
    B3t—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; between sand grains and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24729. patchy - phpvsfiid 188296; patchy - phpvsfiid 188296
    IIC1sica—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; hard, friable, indurated, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24730
    IIIC2—66 to 122 centimeters (26.0 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24731
    IIIC3sim—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 21 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) medium and coarse faint mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; extremely hard, very firm, indurated, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24732