IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Indio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AZ015002
  • User Pedon ID: 81AZ015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0367
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49211
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 34.9294434
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5783310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet N and 300 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: The site is approximately 8.5 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indio
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed (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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    143

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    9

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    22

    32

    11

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    1A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01961. many halite crystals concentrations
    1A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01962. many halite crystals concentrations
    1A13—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats on faces of peds; 30 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01963. many halite crystals concentrations; few fine roots
    1C1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01964. many very fine roots
    1C2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01965. common halite crystals concentrations; many very fine roots; few coarse roots; few fine 5YR46 mottles
    1C3—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent salt crystals; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01966. few halite crystals concentrations; few fine roots
    1C4—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 11 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01967. common halite crystals concentrations; few fine roots
    1C5—147 to 157 centimeters (57.9 to 61.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red. Lab sample # 81P01968. few fine roots