IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shontik
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ013004
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54745
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 33.1911125
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0355530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 73 meters N and 548 meters W of the SE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ021—Pinal
  • MLRA: 40—Sonoran Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ658—Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, Parts of Maricopa and Pinal Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. D. Camp W. D. Nettleton and R. C. Herriman
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shontik
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Natric Camborthids
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1984 (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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    23—70

    70—175

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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

    1

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    339

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    21

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    1Anz1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02728. many very fine roots; common medium roots
    1Anz2—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02729. many very fine roots
    1Bwn1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02730. few fine roots
    1Bwn2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses and 1 percent fine salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02731. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine salt masses concentrations
    1Btknzb1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fine and medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02732. Distinct colloidal stains on sand grains.; few fine roots
    1Btknzb2—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent black stains between sand grains; fine and medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02733. common black stains surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217173; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217173
    1Btknzb3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02734. few clay films surface features between sand grains; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217174; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217174
    1Btknzb4—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02735. few clay films surface features between sand grains