IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ORICTO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009006
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44693
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.6599312
  • Std. Longitude: -117.5898132
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ORICTO
  • PSC - 9 to 26 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 3.0 medium vesicular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00398
    B21t—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00399
    B22t—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak thick platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00400
    B3—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00401
    C1—26 to 58 centimeters (10.2 to 22.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00402
    C2sica—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00403
    C3—71 to 78 centimeters (28.0 to 30.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00404
    C4sica—78 to 90 centimeters (30.7 to 35.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00405
    C5—90 to 100 centimeters (35.4 to 39.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00406