IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Showlow
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1982AZ015031
User Pedon ID:
82AZ015031
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
82P0875
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51661
Print Date:
10/31/2024
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:
36.4116669
Std. Longitude:
-113.2344437
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
35N
Range:
9W
Section:
26
PLSS Details:
100 feet S and 200 feet E of NW corner
Location Description:
Mohave County, Arizona. The site is approximately 5 miles W of Mount Trumbull, Arizona.
State:
Arizona
County:
AZ015—Mohave
MLRA:
35—Colorado Plateau
PEDON
Describers Name:
Wendell Jorgensen and R.C. Herriman
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
31
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Showlow
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
Classificaton Date -
9/1/1982
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
0.05 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hardwoods
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
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—18
18—152
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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
2
—
—
1902
—
—
—
—
11
24
1
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A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; cobbly clay loam; weak thin platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04511. common fine roots
AB—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04512. common fine roots
Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04513. few pressure faces surface features; few fine roots
Bt2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent pressure faces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04514. common pressure faces surface features; few fine and medium roots
Bt3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04515. few fine and medium roots
Btk—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent pressure faces; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04516. few soft masses of lime concentrations; common pressure faces surface features; few very fine and fine roots
2Btkb1—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; 30 percent lime masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 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 # 82P04517. many soft masses of lime concentrations; common clay films surface features; few very fine and fine roots
2Btkb2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; 30 percent carbonate nodules; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red. Lab sample # 82P04518. many lime nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features; few very fine and fine roots