IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Disterheff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977AZ005003
  • User Pedon ID: 77AZ005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45044
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.5830574
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9358368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Coconino County, AZ. West side of the Aubrey Cliffs.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. L. Richmond and D. R. Taylor
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Disterheff
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00251. Surface has about 40% by volume cover of 1/8 to 1 and 1/2 inch pebbles which are mainly 1/8 to 1/2 inch.; many very fine roots
    1B21t—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00252. 20% by volume 1/2 to 1 and 1/2 inch pebbles.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots
    1B22t—30 to 62 centimeters (11.8 to 24.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00253. 10% by volume 1/2 to 1 and 1/2 inch pebbles.; common very fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1B3tca—62 to 176 centimeters (24.4 to 69.3 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very cobbly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00254. Cobbles and pebbles all partially cated with lime. Strongly effervescent on soft medium and large irregular shaped lime masses.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots; few coarse roots
    1Cca—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) interior, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, moist; very cobbly clay loam; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 78P00255