IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV017023
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV017023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV017023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3158
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38287
  • 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: 37.7916336
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2674942
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 69E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 1,320 feet south and 1,320 feet west of the NE 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: H. J. Borup
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Acana
  • PSC - 8 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acana
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/7/1966 (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

    ACHY

    ARNO4

    ARTR2

    JUOS

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia nova

    Artemisia tridentata

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Indian ricegrass

    black sagebrush

    big sagebrush

    Utah juniper

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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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    1783

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    270

    254

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24674
    B2t—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24675
    IIC1sica—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium interstitial pores; coats between sand grains and 75 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24676. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197287; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197287
    IIC2sica—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, very friable, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots around fragments; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 75 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) coats; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24677
    IIC3sica—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium interstitial pores; very pale brown (10YR 8/2) coats; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24678. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197291; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197291
    IIC4ca—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24679
    IIC5—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3); fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24680. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197292; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197292