IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wupatki
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987AZ005001
  • User Pedon ID: 87AZ005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0251
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59547
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.6036110
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6211090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: SW corner
  • Location Description: Coconino County, AZ. ; about 26 mi N and 5 mi W of Highway 89 out of Flagstaff.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. D. Camp, D. Prevost, W. D. Nettleton
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wupatki
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, shallow Orthidic Durustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    duripan

    0—37

    37—40

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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

    8

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    1815

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    0

    253

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01240. 25 percent fine cinders.; many very fine and fine roots
    1A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01241. 25 percent fine cinders.; many very fine and fine roots
    1A3—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01242. 10 percent fine cinders.; many very fine roots
    1Bk—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01243. 30 percent fine cinders.; many very fine roots
    1Bkqm—37 to 40 centimeters (14.6 to 15.7 inches); extremely hard; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01244. Dark gray (10YR 4/1) indurated silcia - lime cemented duripan with a thin light gray (10YR 7/1) laminar surface.
    1C1—40 to 95 centimeters (15.7 to 37.4 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01245. Very dark gray (10YR 3/1) 5 to 15 mm size cinders; Loose; few thin lime and silica pendants on some cinders.
    1C2—95 to 105 centimeters (37.4 to 41.3 inches); loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01246. Very dark gray (10YR 3/1) 10 to 30 mm size cinders; few thin lime and silica pendants on some cinders.
    2C3—105 to 120 centimeters (41.3 to 47.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P01247