IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KEEFA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV023003
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44681
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.8027306
  • Std. Longitude: -116.0030975
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 53E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Railroad Valley; about 9 miles south-southeast of the Diablo Highway Maintenance Station; Goldfield Quadrangle
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KEEFA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/2002
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1973
  • 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: 6/19/1973 (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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    1646

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    315

    180

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    11

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00293
    B21—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00294
    B22—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00295
    C1ca—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00296
    C2—71 to 145 centimeters (28.0 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00297