IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Purob
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2012NV003002
User Pedon ID:
S2012NV003002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
13N0523
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
73201
Print Date:
2/17/2025
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:
36.5196667
Std. Longitude:
-115.1633333
Datum:
WGS84
County:
NV003—Clark
PEDON
Describers Name:
Douglas Merkler
Current Taxonomic Class:
Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Purob
Taxonomic Class -
Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
25 to 45 cm.
Classificaton Date -
9/19/2012
Classifier -
Douglas Merkler
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
fan remnant, fan piedmont
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
very rare flooding for extremely brief periods
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/19/2012 (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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
6
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5494
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202
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NevCAN Blackbrush
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A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 10 percent clay; strong very thick platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 6.0 very fine and 2.0 fine and 1.0 coarse pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 5-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02783; observed in pit, small
Bk—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 4.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat 5-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02784; observed in pit, small