IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harvey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AZ015034
  • User Pedon ID: 82AZ015034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0878
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51664
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 36.6824989
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8150024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet W and 1500 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Mohave County, Arizona. The site is approximately 4 miles W, 13 miles S.
  • 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 #: 34
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harvey
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Ustollic Calciorthids
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    71—130

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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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    1475

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    28

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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; loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04536. few very fine roots
    BA—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04537. few very fine roots
    Bw—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent carbonate nodules; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04538. common lime nodules concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Bk1—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; hard, very firm, slightly sticky; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04539. many fine and medium lime nodules concentrations; common very fine roots
    Bk2—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent lime masses and 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; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P04540. many soft masses of lime concentrations; many fine lime nodules concentrations; few very fine roots
    2Bk3—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; channery loam, very channery sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent lime masses; 5 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04541. rock completely lime coated; many soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots
    2Btyb—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 82P04542. rocks are lime coated on underside; common gypsum crystals concentrations
    2Btb—178 to 229 centimeters (70.1 to 90.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; very channery coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay films on sand and gravel; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 82P04543. few gypsum crystals concentrations; continuous - phpvsfiid 215615; continuous - phpvsfiid 215615