IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DENMARK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV017020
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV017020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV017020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3193
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38322
  • 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: 37.8027420
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5077820
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 2,000 feet west of the E 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Mount Diablo base line and meridian.
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV613—Meadow Valley Area, Nevada and Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. A. Naphan and H. Borup
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, carbonatic, mesic, shallow Xerollic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DENMARK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Panaca
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1966 (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

    ARNO4

    EPHED

    JUNIP

    PLEUR12

    Artemisia nova

    Ephedra

    Juniperus

    Pleuraphis

    black sagebrush

    jointfir

    juniper

    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

    4

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    1576

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    45

    254

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    10.6

    21.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak thin platy structure; 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 tubular and 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24972
    C1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24973
    C2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24974
    C3ca—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24975
    C4sicam—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24976
    C5sicam—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, strongly coherent; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24978
    C6sicam—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; strong thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, strongly coherent; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24980
    C7—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24981
    C8—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24982