IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grieta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ017008
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ017008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984AZ017008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0220
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55936
  • 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: 35.0583344
  • Std. Longitude: -110.5299988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet N and 1800 feet E of SW 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    AB

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    2Btk

    3Bk

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    13

    28

    58

    89

    127

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

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    Bt

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    2Btk

    3Bk

    0

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    13

    28

    58

    89

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

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    Btk2

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    3Bk

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    28

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    ATCAC

    GUSA2

    MUTO2

    PLJA

    SPAI

    Aristida

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

    threeawn

    fourwing saltbush

    broom snakeweed

    ring muhly

    James' galleta

    alkali sacaton

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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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    203

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.
    AB—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01105
    Btk1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately 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 interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular 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; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01106
    Btk2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately 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 interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 21 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2Btk—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.
    3Bk—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry; loam; 30 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, weakly coherent, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.