IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KOYEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44679
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.0938377
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9981003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 53E
  • Section: 27
  • Location Description: Nye County, Nevada; Railroad Valley; on the north side of trail about 7 miles southeast from State Highway 25 at the mouth of Hot Creek
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV023—Nye
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV783—Nye County, Nevada, Northeast Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. L. Spencer
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KOYEN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1973 (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

    ACHY

    ATCO

    CHRYS9

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Chrysothamnus

    Indian ricegrass

    shadscale saltbush

    rabbitbrush

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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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    1503

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    90

    155

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    11

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    A11—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00274
    A12—7 to 38 centimeters (2.8 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00275
    C1ca—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00276
    C2sica—69 to 82 centimeters (27.2 to 32.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00277
    C3—82 to 127 centimeters (32.3 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00278
    C4—127 to 143 centimeters (50.0 to 56.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sand; single grain; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00279
    C5—143 to 152 centimeters (56.3 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00280
    C6—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00281
    C7—190 to 295 centimeters (74.8 to 116.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00282
    C8—295 to 385 centimeters (116.1 to 151.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00283