IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tickapoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017040
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017040
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3150
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38279
  • 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: 37.6180115
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9136505
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 54E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south and 870 feet east of NW 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 Abruptic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tickapoo
  • PSC - 8 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • 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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    1524

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    90

    203

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    1.7

    11.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24602
    B1t—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24603
    B21t—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic 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 tubular and 21.0 pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24604. patchy - phpvsfiid 188299; patchy - phpvsfiid 188299
    B22t—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; 21 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) medium and coarse faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; coats between sand grains and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24605. patchy - phpvsfiid 188300; patchy - phpvsfiid 188300
    IIC1sica—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, weakly coherent by carbonates, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24606
    IIIC2—56 to 112 centimeters (22.0 to 44.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; very fine to medium interstitial and 21.0 fine pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24607
    IIIC3sic—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; gravelly coarse sand; massive; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24608
    IIIC4—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; very fine to medium interstitial and 21.0 fine pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24609
    IIIC5sic—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; gravelly coarse sand; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, weakly coherent; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24610