IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LAND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NV003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NV003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NV003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0195
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32724
  • 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: 36.6674995
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5830536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 66E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 300 feet east of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Sample taken 150 feet north of road, About 1/2 mile northwest on U. S Highway 93 from where 93 and 91 join near Glendale, Nevada. Moapa Valley.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV608—Virgin River Area, Nevada and Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper and J. E. McClelland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Salorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LAND
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/23/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATLEB

    DISTI

    PLSE

    Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri

    Distichlis

    Pluchea sericea

    quailbush

    saltgrass

    arrowweed

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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

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    468

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    135

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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01451
    C1SA—11 to 15 centimeters (4.3 to 5.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive parts to moderate fine granular; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01452
    C2SA—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01453
    C3SA—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01454
    2C4—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01455
    3C5—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay; strong medium granular structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01456
    4C6—76 to 105 centimeters (29.9 to 41.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01457
    5C7—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01458