IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MORMON MESA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NV017001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NV017001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974NV017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0155
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44916
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 36.9077606
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2449875
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 69E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet north of the south quarter corner
  • Location Description: in the southeast corner of Lincoln County, about 10 miles north of the southern border
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV754—Lincoln County, Nevada, South Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. J. Borup
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MORMON MESA
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mormon Mesa Fami
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: smooth, nearly valley-fill terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1974 (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

    GRSP

    PEDU3

    Grayia spinosa

    Peltophorum dubia

    spiny hopsage

    horsebush

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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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    838

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    135

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00899
    B2—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00900
    B3ca—17 to 26 centimeters (6.7 to 10.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00901
    Ccam—26 to 30 centimeters (10.2 to 11.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) and white (N 8/0), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; massive; extremely firm; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 74C00902