IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DELAMAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NV017006
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NV017006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974NV017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0160
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44921
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.5360794
  • Std. Longitude: -114.8227844
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 64E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet W of the S 1/4 corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV754—Lincoln County, Nevada, South Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HJ Borup
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Durargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DELAMAR
  • PSC - 14 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delamar
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: slightly concave, nearly level and genty sloping alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1974 (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

    EPHED

    GRSP

    OPUNT

    PLJA

    TETRA3

    Ephedra

    Grayia spinosa

    Opuntia

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Tetradymia

    jointfir

    spiny hopsage

    pricklypear

    James' galleta

    horsebrush

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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

    4

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    1631

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    315

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium platy, and thick structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00929
    A12—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00930
    B1t—14 to 23 centimeters (5.5 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 micro interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00931
    B21t—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00932
    B22tca—38 to 55 centimeters (15.0 to 21.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00933
    C1ca—55 to 78 centimeters (21.7 to 30.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 micro interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00934
    C2sicam—78 to 130 centimeters (30.7 to 51.2 inches); strong medium platy, and thick structure; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 74C00935