IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Keeseha
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1982AZ015032
User Pedon ID:
82AZ015032
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
82P0876
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51662
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:
36.4480553
Std. Longitude:
-113.1402740
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
35N
Range:
8W
Section:
10
PLSS Details:
2700 feet S and 1650 feet E of NW corner
Location Description:
Mohave County, Arizona. The site is approximately 9 miles N of Mount Trumbull, 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 #:
32
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Keeseha
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic 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
10—46
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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
—
—
—
1719
—
28
—
—
10
24
1
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A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly silt; weak thin platy, and weak granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04519. common fine roots
AB—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 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 # 82P04520. few fine roots
Bt—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04521. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots
Btk1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and pink (5YR 7/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04522. common fine lime nodules concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots
Btk2—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04523. common fine lime nodules concentrations; few fine roots
Bk1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04524. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots
Bk2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and pink (5YR 8/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and pink (5YR 7/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent fine carbonate nodules; 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 # 82P04525. many fine lime nodules concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots
2Bk1—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and pink (5YR 8/3) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , dry, clay films; 11 percent fine carbonate nodules; 20 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 # 82P04526. common fine lime nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features; few fine roots
2Bk2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red. Lab sample # 82P04527. rock fragments are lime coated; few lime nodules concentrations; few fine roots