IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Indio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AZ015003
  • User Pedon ID: 81AZ015003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0368
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49212
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 34.9336128
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5872192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet W and 1000 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Mohave County, AZ. 9 mi NE of Needles, CA.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ015—Mohave
  • MLRA: 31—Lower Colorado Desert

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.C. Herriman, W.D. Nettleton and R.L. Barmore
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indio
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Torrifluve
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • 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: 2/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—0

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    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

    1

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    —

    44

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    10

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    22

    32

    11

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01969. many fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
    C1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01970. few coarse roots; many fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
    C2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01971. few coarse roots; many fine and medium roots; few 5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C3—61 to 114 centimeters (24.0 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01972. few coarse roots; many fine and medium roots; few 5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C4—114 to 122 centimeters (44.9 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01973. few fine to coarse roots; common 5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C5—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01974. few fine to coarse roots; many 5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C6—132 to 140 centimeters (52.0 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01975. few coarse roots; many 5YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C7—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P01976. few fine roots; effervescence is continuous