IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitebasin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74NV003003
  • User Pedon ID: 74NV003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 74NV003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0152
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44913
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 36.4277778
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1441667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 70E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: SW quarter, NE quarter
  • Map Unit: 115—Whitebasin-Upperline-Hardbasin association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV755—Clark County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Downs, R. Speck
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Leptic Haplogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitebasin
  • 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 - 9/24/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1974 (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

    EPNE

    Ephedra nevadensis

    Nevada jointfir

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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

    4

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    707

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; strong very fine and fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 medium vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00879
    C1—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (5YR 7/4), moist; loam; medium and coarse platy parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00880
    C2—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00881
    C3—24 to 41 centimeters (9.4 to 16.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00882
    C4—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) crushed, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00883
    C5—53 to 90 centimeters (20.9 to 35.4 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00884
    C6—90 to 102 centimeters (35.4 to 40.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00885
    C7—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 74C00886