IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HANDPAH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44691
  • 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: 37.5332794
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5025864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 40E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: approximately SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Palmetto Mountains about 4.5 miles NNW of Lida; unsurveyed township.
  • 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: Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HANDPAH
  • PSC - 10 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1973 (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

    CHRYS9

    EPHED

    JUNIP

    LECI4

    PIMO

    Artemisia nova

    Chrysothamnus

    Ephedra

    Juniperus

    Leymus cinereus

    Pinus monophylla

    black sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    jointfir

    juniper

    basin wildrye

    singleleaf pinyon

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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

    5

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    1963

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    90

    3

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    7

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00387
    A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00388
    B2t—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00389
    B3t—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; on surfaces along pores and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00390
    C1sicam—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00391
    C2sicam—48 to 70 centimeters (18.9 to 27.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; very hard, extremely firm; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00392