IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zadvar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV023004
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44682
  • 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: 37.8699493
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3031082
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 51E
  • Section: 8
  • Location Description: Reveille Valley; about 12 miles southeast of Kawich Peak; 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, mesic, shallow Abruptic Xeric Argidurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zadvar
  • PSC - 19 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1973
  • 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: 6/19/1973 (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

    ARNO4

    ELELB2

    EPHED

    PLJA

    Artemisia nova

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Ephedra

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    black sagebrush

    squirreltail

    jointfir

    James' galleta

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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

    3

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    1960

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    90

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00298
    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00304
    A12—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 73C00305
    A12—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00299
    B1t—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00300
    B2t—19 to 38 centimeters (7.5 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; strong fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 21 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00301
    B3tca—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00302
    Csicam—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 4/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00303