IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ziegler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977AZ005010
  • User Pedon ID: 77AZ005010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45051
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 35.6575012
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7555542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 37 meters S and 913 meters E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Coconino County, AZ.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: dome or volcanic cone
  • 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 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly clay loam, cobbly clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00282. many fine roots
    1B21t—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00283. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many fine roots
    1B22t—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00284. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many very fine roots
    1B3tca—38 to 55 centimeters (15.0 to 21.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00285. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many very fine roots
    1C1ca—55 to 74 centimeters (21.7 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; cinders; massive; hard, firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00286. many very fine and fine roots
    1C2—74 to 120 centimeters (29.1 to 47.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; cinders; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P00287