IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SIEROCLIFF
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NV017024
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NV017024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NV017024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38321
  • 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: 37.9710732
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4783401
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 67E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: The site is located approximately 1,320 feet east and 1,200 feet north of the SE 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-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic Xerollic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SIEROCLIFF
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sierocliff
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very 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

    EPHED

    JUNIP

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia nova

    Ephedra

    Juniperus

    Indian ricegrass

    black sagebrush

    jointfir

    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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    1859

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    45

    254

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    8.9

    20

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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 sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24963
    B21—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24964
    B22ca—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24965
    C1sica—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard, firm, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24966
    C2sicam—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; strong medium platy structure; very hard, very firm, strongly coherent by silica; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24967
    IIC3sica—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; Error; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, indurated; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24968
    IIC4sica—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravel; massive; very hard, very firm, strongly coherent; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24969
    IIC5sica—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravel; massive; very hard, very firm, strongly coherent; 0.0 roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24970
    IIIC6ca—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24971