IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kinan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ017004
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ017004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984AZ017004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0216
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55932
  • 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: 35.0266685
  • Std. Longitude: -110.3002777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet N and 2000 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: Navajo County, Arizona. Area 633, Central part.
  • 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: Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nakai
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan terrace, shrub-coppice dune
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    ARBI3

    ARIST

    ATCAC

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    CHRYS9

    EPVI

    ERIOG

    GUSA2

    PLJA

    SPCO4

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    ZINNI

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia bigelovii

    Aristida

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Chrysothamnus

    Ephedra viridis

    Eriogonum

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus contractus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    Zinnia

    Indian ricegrass

    Bigelow sage

    threeawn

    fourwing saltbush

    black grama

    blue grama

    rabbitbrush

    mormon tea

    buckwheat

    broom snakeweed

    James' galleta

    spike dropseed

    sand dropseed

    yucca

    zinnia

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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

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    1670.3

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    90

    203

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak fine platy structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bw1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01097
    Bk1—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 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 and pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01098
    Bk2—64 to 137 centimeters (25.2 to 53.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium 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; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2Btkb—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 21 percent medium irregular carbonate masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4.