IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GOODSPRINGS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980NV003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980NV003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980NV003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0225
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48003
  • 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: 36.0347176
  • Std. Longitude: -115.2033386
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 61E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet S and 1400 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV788—Las Vegas Valley Area, Nevada, Part of Clark County

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, shallow Typic Petrocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GOODSPRINGS
  • PSC - 25 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goodsprings
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered alluvium derived from igneous and sedimentary rock
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1980 (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

    AMBRO

    LATR2

    PLANT

    SPHAE

    Ambrosia

    Larrea tridentata

    Plantago

    Sphaeralcea

    ragweed

    creosote bush

    plantain

    globemallow

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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

    20

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    717

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate coarse lenticular platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 22 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01216
    A12—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 22 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01217
    C1cam—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01218
    C2cam—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 interstitial pores; 31 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01219
    C3cam—38 to 68 centimeters (15.0 to 26.8 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; very hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01220
    C4cam—68 to 132 centimeters (26.8 to 52.0 inches); extremely hard, very firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01221