IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cristobal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AZ015005
  • User Pedon ID: 81AZ015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49214
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 34.9908333
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5216675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Mohave County, AZ: 14 mi NE of Needles, CA
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ015—Mohave

    • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cristobal
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Haplargids
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1981 (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
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    278

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    9

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    22

    34

    11

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    1A2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01984. few fine roots
    1B1tsa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01985. Common brown (7.5YR 5/3) bleached sand and silt grains.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    1B21t—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01986. Few brown (7.5YR 5/3) bleached sand and silt grains.; common clay films surface features on rock fragments; few fine roots
    B22tsaca—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on rock fragments; 11 percent lime masses; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01987. common soft masses of lime concentrations; common clay films surface features on rock fragments; few fine roots
    1B31saca—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on rock fragments; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P01988. Discontinuous weakly cemented strata.; few clay films surface features on rock fragments
    1B32tca—35 to 51 centimeters (13.8 to 20.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on rock fragments; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01989. few clay films surface features on rock fragments
    1C1ca—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01990
    1C2ca—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01991. Discontinuous weakly cemented strata.
    1C3ca—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01992
    1C4ca—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01993. Discontinuous weakly cemented strata.
    1C5ca—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P01994