LOCATION HALEBURU CA+NV
Established Series
Rev. KH/LJL/ET
04/2015
HALEBURU SERIES
The Haleburu series consists of very shallow and shallow to bedrock, well drained soils that formed in colluvium and residuum from mainly volcanic sources. The Haleburu soils are on mountains and hills. Slope ranges from 2 to 75 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 5 inches and the mean annual air temperature is about 66 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Lithic Torriorthents
TYPICAL PEDON: Haleburu extremely gravelly sandy loam, rangeland and wildlife habitat. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.) The soil surface is covered by approximately 65 percent gravel and 5 percent cobbles.
A--0 to 1 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) extremely gravelly sandy loam, dark brown (10YR 3/3) moist; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots; common very fine interstitial pores; 65 percent pebbles and 5 percent cobbles; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); abrupt wavy boundary. (1 to 3 inches thick)
Bk--1 to 5 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) very gravelly fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine and fine roots; common very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent discontinuous, distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) calcium carbonate coats on rock fragments; 50 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); abrupt wavy boundary. (3 to 11 inches thick)
R--5 inches; moderately weathered, fractured basalt bedrock.
TYPE LOCATION: San Bernardino County, California; about 16.5 miles south of Ludlow, California and 800 feet south and 1300 feet west of the northeast corner of section 31, T. 5 N., R. 8 E.; 34 degrees, 28 minutes, 51 seconds north latitude and 116 degrees, 10 minutes, 46 seconds west longitude; Deadman Lake Northwest quadrangle; UTM 11S, 05753e 38158n; NAS-C.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture - Usually dry, moist in some part for short periods during winter and early spring and for 10 to 20 days cumulative between July to October following convection storms.
Soil temperature - 63 to 72 degrees F.
Depth to bedrock - 4 to 14 inches.
Control section
Clay content: 6 to 18 percent.
Rock fragments: Averages 35 to 60 percent in the control section, with the surface horizon usually having 65 to 85 percent.
Effervescence: Slightly effervescent to violently effervescent.
Reaction: Slightly alkaline to strongly alkaline.
A horizon - Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR.
Value: 5 through 7 dry, 3 through 5 moist.
Chroma: 3 or 4 dry and moist.
Texture of the fine earth: Sandy loam or loam.
Calcium carbonate equivalent in the fine earth fraction: 0 to 5 percent.
Electrical conductivity: 0 to 2 dS/m.
Sodium adsorption ratio: 0 to 5.
Bw horizon (when present): Chroma: 2 through 4 dry and moist.
Texture of the fine earth: Fine sandy loam, sandy loam or loam.
Consistence: Soft or slightly hard, nonsticky or slightly sticky, and nonplastic or slightly plastic.
Calcium carbonate equivalent in the fine earth fraction: 0 to 5 percent.
Electrical conductivity: 0 to 2 dS/m.
Sodium adsorption ratio: 0 to 4.
Bk horizon - Hue: 10YR or 7.5YR.
Value: 5 through 7 dry, 3 through 5 moist.
Chroma: 2 through 4 dry and moist.
Texture of the fine earth: Fine sandy loam, sandy loam or loam.
Structure: Massive or subangular blocky.
Consistence: Soft or slightly hard, nonsticky or slightly sticky, and nonplastic or slightly plastic.
Calcium carbonate equivalent in the fine earth fraction: 5 to 10 percent.
Electrical conductivity: 0 to 2 dS/m.
Sodium adsorption ratio: 0 to 5.
Other features - Few thin calcium carbonate coats on the bottom of rock fragments.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Akela (NM),
Dalvord (CA),
Galehills (NV),
Noble Pass (CA),
Hindu (AZ),
Paintrocks (CA),
Sutra (AZ),
Terlingua (TX) and
Upspring (CA) series. Akela soils are moist for more than 20 days during the summer and receive the majority of its moisture during the summer months. Dalvord soils have granitic parent materials. Galehills soils have 10 to 25 percent calcium carbonate equivalent in the B horizons and sandstone conglomerate parent material. Noble Pass soils have 60 to 85 percent rock fragments in the control section. Hindu soils have 20 to 35 percent calcium carbonate equivalence and formed from calcareous sedimentary bedrock. Paintrocks soils have granitic parent materials and 1 to 3 inches deep to paralithic contact or bedrock. Sutra soils have 15 to 40 percent calcium carbonate equivalence and formed from limestone bedrock. Terlingua soils have a paralithic contact at 4 to 14 inches which makes it a typic torriorthents and not lithic. Upspring soils have a dry moisture control section from June through November.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Haleburu soils are on mountains and hills. Slope ranges from 2 to 75 percent. These soils formed in colluvium and residuum from mainly volcanic sources. Elevations are 1,800 to 4,700 feet. The climate is arid with hot, dry summers and warm, moist winters. The mean annual precipitation is 2 to 7 inches; mean annual air temperature is 61 to 70 degrees F., and the frost-free season is 200 to 340 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Arizo (NV),
Hiddensun (NV),
Nipton (NV),
Noble Pass (CA),
Seanna (NV), and
Sunrock (AZ) soils. Arizo soils have a sandy-skeletal control section and is very deep. Hiddensun soils have a calcic horizon. Nipton soils are noncalcareous is some part of the control section. Noble Pass soils average 60 to 85 percent rock fragments in the control section. Seanna soils have a paralithic layer over bedrock. Sunrock soils have a mean annual soil temperature of 72 to 80 degrees F.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; very high runoff; moderately rapid permeability over impermeable bedrock.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for rangeland and wildlife habitat. The present vegetation is mainly white bursage, creosotebush and ratany.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Mojave Desert of southeastern California and southern Nevada, U.S.A. MLRA 30. These soils are moderately extensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: PHOENIX, ARIZONA
SERIES ESTABLISHED: San Bernardino County, California, Marine Corps Air/Ground Combat Center Soil Survey Area, 2000. The name is coined.
REMARKS: The type location was moved from Clark County, Nevada to better represent the series concepts. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in the profile are:
Ochric epipedon -- 0 to 5 inches (A and Bk horizons).
Lithic contact -- 5 inches (R layer).
Particle-size control section -- 0 to 5 inches (A and Bk horizons).
Responsibility for this series was transferred from Davis to Phoenix 4/2015. The last revision to the series was 2/2006. ET
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.