IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tickapoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017042
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017042
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38295
  • 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: 37.8971748
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7592087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 55E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet south of north 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: Fine, smectitic, mesic Haplic Nadurargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tickapoo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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

    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

    3

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    1524

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    90

    203

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    1.7

    11.1

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    A2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24733
    A&B—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24734. patchy - phpvsfiid 197258; patchy - phpvsfiid 197258
    B2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and coats between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24735. patchy - phpvsfiid 197259; patchy - phpvsfiid 197259
    C1ca—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine and medium faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films between sand grains and 75 percent on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24736
    C2ca—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24737
    C3ca—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24738
    C4ca—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate coarse platy structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24739
    C5—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A24740
    C6ca—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24741
    C7—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24742