IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heist
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NV033030
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NV033030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0662
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49506
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1104965
  • Std. Longitude: -114.8003006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 64E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: the pedon is 210 meters S of NE corner
  • Location Description: 19 km S of Ely
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV033—White Pine
  • MLRA: 28B—Central Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV780—Western White Pine County Area, Nevada, Parts of White Pine and Eureka Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Kiracofe, S. Gary
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Heist
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heist
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Xeric Torr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1980

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    90

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03943
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03944
    Ck1—25 to 69 centimeters (9.8 to 27.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03945
    Ck2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 75 percent carbonate coats between sand grains; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03946
    Ck3—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03947
    Ck4—114 to 153 centimeters (44.9 to 60.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 81P03948
    130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P03949
    152 to 152 centimeters (59.8 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P03950