IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weiser
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73NV003003
  • User Pedon ID: 73NV003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 73NV003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44741
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 35.7916667
  • Std. Longitude: -115.3341667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 313—Weiser-Oldspan-Wechech association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV755—Clark County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weiser
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (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

    AMDU2

    LATR2

    YUCCA

    Ambrosia dumosa

    Larrea tridentata

    Yucca

    burrobush

    creosote bush

    yucca

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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

    3

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    893

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    90

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00719
    A12—4 to 16 centimeters (1.6 to 6.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00720
    C1ca—16 to 39 centimeters (6.3 to 15.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00721
    C2ca—39 to 61 centimeters (15.4 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00722
    C3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00723
    C4—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00724
    2C5—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 73C00725