IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weiser
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07NV786006
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NV003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 07NV786006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0521
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73008
  • 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: 36.4340833
  • Std. Longitude: -115.3548056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 221—Haymont association
  • State: Nevada
  • County: NV003—Clark
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NV786—Energy and Defense Area, Nevada, Parts of Clark, Lincoln and Nye Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leon Lato
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weiser
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - typic torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: fan apron
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding for extremely brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 5-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 2.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 250- to 600-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 45.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 5- to 75-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 75- to 250-millimeter limestone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R030XB005NV Arid Active Alluvial Fans

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 41
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMDU2

    ATCO

    EPNE

    KRER

    LATR2

    OPAC

    Ambrosia dumosa

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Ephedra nevadensis

    Krameria erecta

    Larrea tridentata

    Opuntia acanthocarpa

    burrobush

    shadscale saltbush

    Nevada jointfir

    littleleaf ratany

    creosote bush

    buckhorn cholla

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/19/2007

    10

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    38
    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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    898

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    230

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate very thick platy structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-300-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02391; very dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 7 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-300-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02392; very dry when described; observed in trench
    Bk1—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 7 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-300-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02393; very dry when described; observed in trench
    Bk2—38 to 90 centimeters (15.0 to 35.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 5 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02394; very dry when described; observed in trench
    C—90 to 160 centimeters (35.4 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 7 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter, saturated paste. Lab sample # 13N02395; very dry when described; observed in trench