IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clovis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AZ015029
  • User Pedon ID: 82AZ015029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0873
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51659
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.8958321
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0149994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2800 feet S and 2800 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: Mohave County, Arizona. The site is approximately 7 miles S and 2.5 miles W of Colorado City, Arizona.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ015—Mohave
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wendell Jorgensen and R.C. Herriman
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Ustollic Haplargids
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    13—38

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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

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    1524

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    12

    25

    1

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04495. few very fine and fine roots
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04496. many very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04497. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04498. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04499. few fine roots
    Bk2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and pink (5YR 8/3), yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; 40 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); 60 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (lateral area percent); violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04500. few fine roots
    Bk3—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); pink (5YR 8/3), pink (5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04501. few fine roots
    Bk4—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red. Lab sample # 82P04502