IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Schmutz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AZ015030
  • User Pedon ID: 82AZ015030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0874
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51660
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.9491653
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2291641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: About 220 feet S and 400 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: Mohave County, Arizona. The site is approximately 14 miles W and 4 miles S 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 #: 30
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Schmutz
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Typic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    0—10

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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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    1341

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    28

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    12

    25

    1

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04503. common very fine and fine roots
    AB—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak thick platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04504. common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04505. many fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04506. common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    By1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04507. few very thin strata of contrasting textures; many fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    By2—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 30 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04508. few very thin strata of contrasting textures; many fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    By3—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, very friable; 30 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04509. sand-size gypsum crystals on underside of pebbles; many gypsum crystals concentrations
    C—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 82P04510