IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BELLEHELEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009005
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV009005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44692
  • 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: 37.5055046
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5109177
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 40E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Palmetto Mountains about 3.5 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

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Lithic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BELLEHELEN
  • PSC - 13 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1973 (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

    ARTR2

    JUNIP

    PIMO

    Artemisia nova

    Artemisia tridentata

    Juniperus

    Pinus monophylla

    black sagebrush

    big sagebrush

    juniper

    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

    35

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    2159

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    A11—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00393
    A12—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00394
    B1t—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00395
    B2t—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 73C00396
    R—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00397