IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHEPPARD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ017011
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ017011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984AZ017011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0223
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55939
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 35.0947227
  • Std. Longitude: -110.5127792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet S and 1800 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 (calcareous), mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • 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
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bk

    86

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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

    Bk

    86

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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 %

    Bk

    86

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

    ACHY

    ATCAC

    BOGR2

    EPVI

    MUPU2

    PLJA

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Ephedra viridis

    Muhlenbergia pungens

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    Indian ricegrass

    fourwing saltbush

    blue grama

    mormon tea

    sandhill muhly

    James' galleta

    sand dropseed

    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

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    203

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine platy, and single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C1—5 to 43 centimeters (2.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine 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; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01112
    C2—43 to 86 centimeters (16.9 to 33.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, 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 # 85P01113
    Bk—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.