IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): JOTAVA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV023008
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV023008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV023008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44687
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.6193848
  • Std. Longitude: -115.6253204
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 56E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Railroad Valley; a about 12 miles southwest of Currant, Nevada, about 1/4 mile south of U.S. Highway 6, 40 feet west of dirt road; Blue Eagle Springs Quadrangle
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV023—Nye
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV783—Nye County, Nevada, Northeast Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Duric Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - JOTAVA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1973 (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

    ALOC2

    ATRIP

    CHRYS9

    DISP

    SAVE4

    Allenrolfea occidentalis

    Atriplex

    Chrysothamnus

    Distichlis spicata

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    iodinebush

    saltbush

    rabbitbrush

    saltgrass

    greasewood

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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

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    1450

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    150

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    11

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    A11sa—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00352
    A12sa—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00353
    C1sa—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00354
    C2—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00355
    C3—32 to 39 centimeters (12.6 to 15.4 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00356
    C4—39 to 61 centimeters (15.4 to 24.0 inches);, 10YR 4 (10YR/4), moist; loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00357
    C5ca—61 to 105 centimeters (24.0 to 41.3 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 73C00358
    C6ca—105 to 115 centimeters (41.3 to 45.3 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; loam; massive; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00359
    C7ca—115 to 130 centimeters (45.3 to 51.2 inches);, pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00360
    C8ca—130 to 146 centimeters (51.2 to 57.5 inches);, pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist; loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00361
    2C9—146 to 210 centimeters (57.5 to 82.7 inches);, olive (5Y 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00362
    3C10—210 to 225 centimeters (82.7 to 88.6 inches);, olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00363