IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHEPPARD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ017006
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ017006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984AZ017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0218
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55934
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 35.0525017
  • Std. Longitude: -110.2561111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet E of NW 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: Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHEPPARD
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheppard
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stabilized; rolling longitudinal dune
  • Drainage Class: 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, water erosion sheet
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    ARFI2

    ARIST

    ATCAC

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    EPVI

    ERIOG

    GUSA2

    MUPU2

    PLJA

    PSORA2

    SPCR

    SPHAE

    YUCCA

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia filifolia

    Aristida

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Ephedra viridis

    Eriogonum

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Muhlenbergia pungens

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Psoralidium

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sphaeralcea

    Yucca

    Indian ricegrass

    sand sagebrush

    threeawn

    fourwing saltbush

    black grama

    blue grama

    mormon tea

    buckwheat

    broom snakeweed

    sandhill muhly

    James' galleta

    scurfpea

    sand dropseed

    globemallow

    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

    5

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    1694.7

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    315

    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; 5 percent clay; weak fine platy parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C1—3 to 28 centimeters (1.2 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01101
    C2—28 to 76 centimeters (11.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), red (5R 4/6), moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01102
    C3—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.