IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belted
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NV017036
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NV017036
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NV017036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3155
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38284
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.6813469
  • Std. Longitude: -115.8169861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 55E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet N and 500 feet W of the S 1/4 corner
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV017—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV611—Pahranagat-Penoyer Area, Nevada, Parts of Lincoln and Nye Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. G. Harper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Haplic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belted
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Belted
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1959 (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

    ATCO

    ATCO

    ATNU2

    ERAN4

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex nuttallii

    Eriogonum annuum

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    Nuttall's saltbush

    annual buckwheat

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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

    1

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    1457

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    315

    203

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    11.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24649
    B2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24650
    C1sim—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; strong platy structure; extremely hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24651
    C2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24652
    C3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24653
    IIC4—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24654. generally noncalcareous but slightly calcareous where faint lime mottling occur as filaments or in pockets.
    IIIC5—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A24655