IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WATOOPAH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NV023008
  • User Pedon ID: 92NV023008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NV023008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0577
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64816
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 38.4583321
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9694443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 45E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet E and 500 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV023—Nye
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV781—Nye County, Nevada, Northwest Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF FR
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WATOOPAH
  • PSC - 13 to 28 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watoopah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    ARTRW8

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis

    Indian ricegrass

    Wyoming big sagebrush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    durinodes

    0—13

    13—28

    28—113

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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

    2

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    1917

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    260

    203

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    11.7

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    12.8

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03365
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03366
    Bt—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03367
    Bq—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03368
    Bqk1—48 to 73 centimeters (18.9 to 28.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03369
    Bqk2—73 to 113 centimeters (28.7 to 44.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; stratified very gravelly coarse sand to loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03370
    C—113 to 152 centimeters (44.5 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03371