IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weiser
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2012NV003001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NV003001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0522
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72230
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 36.4353056
  • Std. Longitude: -115.3558889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • County: NV003—Clark

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Douglas Merkler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weiser
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2012
  • Classifier - Douglas Merkler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • Landform: fan apron
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding for extremely brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R030XB005NV Arid Active Alluvial Fans

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Douglas Merkler
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    2922

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    NevCAN Creosote

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate very thick platy structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-300-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02396; very dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-300-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; very dry when described; observed in pit, small