LOCATION VEET NVEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Haplocambids
TYPICAL PEDON: Veet very gravelly sandy loam, rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 5 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; weak fine granular structure; soft very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few medium and coarse and many very fine and fine roots; many very fine and fine interstitial pores; 25 percent pebbles, 10 percent cobbles; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear smooth boundary. (3 to 8 inches thick)
Bw--5 to 20 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common coarse and many very fine, fine and medium roots; many very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pebbles and 15 percent cobbles; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear wavy boundary. (8 to 18 inches thick)
Bk1--20 to 35 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) stratified extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common fine and medium roots; many very fine and fine interstitial pores; 50 percent pebbles, 10 percent cobbles and 5 percent stones; common distinct secondary calcium carbonate pendants on bottom of rock fragments; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); clear wavy boundary. (6 to 48 inches thick)
Bk2--35 to 60 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) stratified very gravelly loamy coarse sand, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few fine and medium roots; many very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pebbles, 5 percent cobbles and 5 percent stones; common distinct secondary calcium carbonate pendants on bottom of rock fragments; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4).
TYPE LOCATION: Nye County, Nevada; about one-fourth mile west of the Stokes Iron Mine in Craig Canyon; about 2,000 feet south and 100 feet west of the northeast corner of section 20, T. 12 N., R. 37 E. Latitude 38 degrees, 55 minutes, 8 seconds, north, Longitude 117 degrees, 50 minutes, 01 seconds, west.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture - Usually dry, moist in winter and spring months, dry in summer and fall except for 10 to 20 days cumulative between July and October due to convection storms. Aridic soil moisture regime that borders on xeric.
Soil temperature - 53 to 59 degrees F.
Depth to secondary calcium carbonate - 10 to 20 inches.
Control section - Clay content: 8 to 15 percent.
Rock fragments: Average 35 to 65 percent mainly pebbles.
A horizon- Value: 5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist.
Chroma: 2 or 3, dry or moist.
Reaction: Slightly alkaline to strongly alkaline.
Effervescence: Noneffervescent or slightly effervescent.
Bw horizon - Value: 5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist.
Chroma: 2 through 4, dry or moist.
Structure: Weak or moderate, fine or medium subangular blocky.
Rock fragments: 35 to 60 percent, mainly pebbles.
Consistence: Soft or slightly hard, nonsticky or slightly sticky nonplastic or slightly plastic.
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 1 to 15 percent in the material less than 2 mm.
Reaction: Slightly alkaline to strongly alkaline.
Effervescence: Noneffervescent or slightly effervescent.
Bk horizon - Value: 5 through 7 dry, 4 or 5 moist.
Chroma: 2 through 4, dry or moist.
Structure: Massive or subangular blocky.
Texture: Stratified extremely gravelly sandy loam to very gravelly loamy coarse sand. Average sandy loam or coarse sandy loam.
Rock fragments: 35 to 60 percent, mainly pebbles when mixed; individual strata range up to 85 percent.
Consistence: Soft or slightly hard, nonsticky or slightly sticky nonplastic or slightly plastic.
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 1 to 15 percent in the material less than 2 mm.
Reaction: Moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline.
Effervescence: Strongly effervescent or violently effervescent.
Other features: Very thin secondary calcium carbonate pendants on the bottom of rock fragments.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Bluegulch(ID), Cewat(NV), Darkcanyon(OR), Drinkwater(OR), Felcher(OR), Finley(WA), Graveya(ID), Kiona(WA), Mackey(ID), Minat(NV), Nibbs(ID), Panlee(NV), Veta(NV) and Wifton(T NV) series. All of these soils except Felcher and Wifton are moist for less than 10 days from June to September. Bluegulch soils are moderately deep to a lithic contact and contain 18 to 26 percent clay. Cewat soils are moderately deep to a paralithic contact. Darkcanyon, Felcher and Mackey soils are 20 to 40 inches deep to hard bedrock. Drinkwater soils have 20 to 35 percent clay in the control section. Finley soils have secondary calcium carbonate and silica coats on bottom of rock fragments in Bw horizon and have extremely gravelly 2C horizon. Graveya soils do not contain 2Bk horizons which have secondary calcium carbonate and silica coatings on gravel. Kiona soils have textures of silt loam, very fine sandy loam or loam in the control section. Minat soils are 20 to 30 inches to bottom of Bw horizon. Nibbs soils contain 15 to 25 percent clay in the Bw horizon. Panlee soils have accumulation of silica at depth of 25 to 30 inches. Wifton soils contain 60 to 80 percent rock fragments.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Veet soils are on fan remnants, inset fans, and fan skirts. These soils formed in mixed alluvium derived from welded tuff, andesitic and granitic rock. Elevations are 4,250 to 7,500 feet. Slopes are 0 to 15 percent. The mean annual precipitation is 8 to 10 inches; the mean annual temperature is 49 to 54 degrees F.; and the frost-free season is 100 to 140 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Topier soils on adjacent and higher older fan surfaces. Topier soils have a fine textured argillic horizon.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; very low to medium runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Veet soils are used for livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. The vegetation is principally Wyoming big sagebrush, galleta, spiny hopsage and Nevada ephedra.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West central Nevada. The series is of small extent. MLRA 26, 27, 29, 28A and 28B.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Reno, Nevada
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1984.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - The zone from the soil surface to 7 inches (A and upper part of the Bw horizons).
Cambic horizon - The zone from 5 to 20 inches (Bw horizon)
Particle-size control section - The zone from 10 to 40 inches (lower part of the Bw, Bk1 and upper part of the Bk2 horizons).