IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cirac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44689
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 37.7507706
  • Std. Longitude: -118.0553818
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 35E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Fish Lake Valley, about 5 miles north of Dyer, Nevada on Sate Highway 3A and 2.25 miles east of highway
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV009—Esmeralda
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV796—Esmeralda County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. B. Summerfield, E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cirac
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1974 (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

    CHRYS9

    JUBA

    SAVE4

    SPAI

    Chrysothamnus

    Juncus balticus

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    rabbitbrush

    Baltic rush

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

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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

    1

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    1459

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    A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00369
    A12—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak very fine and fine parts to medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00370
    C1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00371
    C2ca—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00372
    C3ca—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00373
    C4—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00374
    C5—135 to 190 centimeters (53.1 to 74.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 73C00375
    C6—190 to 245 centimeters (74.8 to 96.5 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 73C00376
    C7—245 to 290 centimeters (96.5 to 114.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), olive (5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 73C00377
    C8—290 to 345 centimeters (114.2 to 135.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 73C00378