IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitecone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986AZ017012
  • User Pedon ID: 86AZ017012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59339
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 35.5572205
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9688873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 1/2 mi WNW of Satan Butte.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ017—Navajo
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Glocker
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitecone
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Natrargids
  • PSC - 2 to 52 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—2

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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

    —

    —

    1830

    —

    90

    22

    —

    —

    12

    —

    —

    11

    —

    —

    —

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    1A—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00240
    1Bt—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00241. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Btn1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00242. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    1Btn2—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00243. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    1Btn3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00244. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    1Btn4—71 to 100 centimeters (28.0 to 39.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00245. few very fine roots
    1Btn5—100 to 137 centimeters (39.4 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00246
    1Cr1—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior, olive (5Y 5/3) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P00247
    1Cr2—150 to 163 centimeters (59.1 to 64.2 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00248
    1Cr3—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00249