IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNSEL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NV009013
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NV009013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44700
  • 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: 37.8282776
  • Std. Longitude: -117.3242493
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Approximately .5 miles NE of Alkali and Silver Peak to Goldfield road
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV009—Esmeralda
  • MLRA: 29—Southern Nevada Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV796—Esmeralda County Area, Nevada

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Duric Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - UNSEL
  • PSC - 15 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
    • 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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    1524

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    338

    155

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    12

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00451
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00452
    B21t—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00453
    B22t—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00454
    2B3ca—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00455
    2C1sica—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00456
    3C2ca—81 to 110 centimeters (31.9 to 43.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 73C00457