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:
11/21/2024
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:
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
1
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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