IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grieta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ017002
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984AZ017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0214
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55930
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 35.0525017
  • Std. Longitude: -110.2836075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet E and 800 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: Navajo County, Arizona. Central part, Area 633.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ017—Navajo
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ633—Navajo County Area, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grieta
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Doak
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: gently sloping fan terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    ATCAC

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    EPVI

    GUSA2

    KRASC

    MUTO2

    PLJA

    SPAI

    SPCO4

    SPCR

    SPHAE

    SYMPH4

    YUCCA

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Krascheninnikovia

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus contractus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sphaeralcea

    Symphyotrichum

    Yucca

    Indian ricegrass

    fourwing saltbush

    black grama

    blue grama

    mormon tea

    broom snakeweed

    winterfat

    ring muhly

    James' galleta

    alkali sacaton

    spike dropseed

    sand dropseed

    globemallow

    aster

    yucca

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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

    1.5

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    1700.8

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    90

    203

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.
    AB—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Btk1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01093
    Btk2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses around rock fragments; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01094
    2Bk1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; loam; 30 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bk2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; very gravelly loam; 30 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; 40 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6.