IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holtville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AZ015001
  • User Pedon ID: 81AZ015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0366
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49210
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 34.8908348
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5586090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet S and 1000 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: The site is approx 5.5 mi NE of Needles, CA
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ015—Mohave

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Herriman, W. D. Nettleton R. L. Barmore
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holtville
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over loamy, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Typic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1981 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    140

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    9

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    22

    34

    11

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    1A11—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01949. many very fine roots
    1A12—2 to 13 centimeters (0.8 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01950. many very fine roots
    1C1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats on faces of peds and 55 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coats on faces of peds; 30 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01951. many fine halite crystals concentrations; many coats surface features on faces of peds; many coats surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots
    1C2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01952. few fine halite crystals concentrations; many coats surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; few 5YR56 mottles
    1C3—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats on faces of peds; 1 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01953. few halite crystals concentrations; many coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common 5YR56 mottles
    2C4—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01954. few very fine roots; common 5YR56 mottles
    2C5—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01955. few fine roots; common 5YR46 mottles
    2C6—107 to 112 centimeters (42.1 to 44.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01956. Few fine filaments.; few fine roots
    2C7—112 to 119 centimeters (44.1 to 46.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01957. Few lime filaments.; few fine roots; few 5YR46 mottles
    2C8—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01958. Few lime filaments.; few fine roots; few 5YR46 mottles
    2C9—132 to 137 centimeters (52.0 to 53.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01959. Common lime filaments.; few fine roots
    2C10—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P01960. few fine roots; common 5YR46 mottles