LOCATION VEET                    NV

Established Series
Rev. JHD/JBF/WED
12/2022

VEET SERIES

The Veet series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in mixed alluvium derived from andesitic, welded tuff, and granitic rocks. Veet soils are on alluvial fans, fan remnants, fan skirts, inset fans, and axial stream terraces. Slopes are 0 to 15 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 225 mm and the mean annual temperature is about 12 degrees C.

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 13 cm; 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 gravel, 10 percent cobbles; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear smooth boundary. (5 to 15 cm thick)

Bw--13 to 57 cm; 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 gravel and 15 percent cobbles; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear wavy boundary. (20 to 45 cm thick)

Bk1--57 to 89 cm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) 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 gravel, 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. (15 to 120 cm thick)

Bk2--89 to 152 cm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) 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 gravel, 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 1,930 feet south and 600 feet west of the northeast corner of section 20, T. 12 N., R. 37 E.; USGS Ellsworth 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle; latitude 38 degrees 53 minutes 25.2 seconds N and longitude 117 degrees 50 minutes 8.0 seconds W; WGS84 Decimal Degrees 38.8903333 latitude, -117.8355556 longitude.

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.
Mean soil temperature: 12 to 15 degrees C.
Depth to base of the cambic horizon: 25 to 60 cm.
Depth to secondary calcium carbonate: 25 to 60 cm.
Mineralogy: 0 to 15 percent volcanic glass in the 0.02 to 2.0 mm fraction and 0.01 to 0.09 percent Al plus 1/2Fe extracted by ammonium oxalate.

Particle-size control section - Clay content: 8 to 15 percent.
Rock fragments: Average 35 to 65 percent mainly gravel.

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 gravel.
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.
Sodicity (SAR): 0 to 5.
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. Averages sandy loam or coarse sandy loam, when mixed.
Rock fragments: Averages 35 to 60 percent, mainly gravel; 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.
Sodicity (SAR): 0 to 5.
Effervescence: Strongly effervescent or violently effervescent.
Other features: Secondary calcium carbonate pendants on the bottom of rock fragments.

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Cewat, Darkcanyon, Drinkwater, Lonegrave, Finley, Kiona, Minat, Nibbs, Veta and Wifton series.

All of these soils except Lonegrave and Wifton are moist for less than 10 days from June to September. Cewat soils are moderately deep to a paralithic contact. Darkcanyon and Lonegrave soils are 50 to 100 cm deep to hard bedrock. Finley soils have secondary calcium carbonate and silica coats on bottom of rock fragments in Bw horizon and have an extremely gravelly 2C horizon. Kiona soils have textures of silt loam, very fine sandy loam or loam in the control section. Minat soils are 50 to 76 cm to bottom of Bw horizon. Nibbs soils contain 15 to 25 percent clay in the Bw horizon. 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 1,296 to 2,286 meters. Slopes are 0 to 15 percent. The mean annual precipitation is 200 to 250 mm, the mean annual temperature is 9 to 12 degrees C, and the frost-free season is 100 to 140 days.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Handpah soils on adjacent and higher older fan surfaces. Handpah soils are shallow to a hardpan.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained; very low to medium runoff; moderately high saturated hydraulic conductivity.

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 SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Davis, California

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 18 cm (A and upper part of the Bw horizons).
Cambic horizon - The zone from 13 to 57 cm (Bw horizon).
Particle-size control section - The zone from 25 to 100 cm (lower part of the Bw, Bk1 and upper part of the Bk2 horizons).

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.