IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Slaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009010
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NV009010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44697
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.7854919
  • Std. Longitude: -118.0120468
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 36E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Fish Lake Valley about 8.5 miles NNE of Dyer Post Office
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV009—Esmeralda
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV796—Esmeralda County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. B. Summerfield, E. L. Spencer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Slaw
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1973 (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

    DISP

    SAVE4

    Distichlis spicata

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    saltgrass

    greasewood

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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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    1444

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    100

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    12

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; strong very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00425
    A12—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate thin platy, and fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00426
    A13—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00427
    C1cs—19 to 41 centimeters (7.5 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00428
    C2cs—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00429
    C3ca—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00430
    C4si—86 to 115 centimeters (33.9 to 45.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00431
    C5ca—115 to 155 centimeters (45.3 to 61.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00432
    C6si—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00433
    C7ca—180 to 230 centimeters (70.9 to 90.6 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00434
    C8ca—230 to 280 centimeters (90.6 to 110.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00435
    C9ca—280 to 300 centimeters (110.2 to 118.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00436
    C10ca—300 to 340 centimeters (118.1 to 133.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00437
    2C11—340 to 378 centimeters (133.9 to 148.8 inches);, light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00438