IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yahana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987AZ015001
  • User Pedon ID: 87AZ015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0250
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59546
  • 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: 34.9686127
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5997238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 809 meters W and 82 meters N of the SE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ015—Mohave
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. D. Camp, R. C. Herriman, W. D. Nettleton
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yahana
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Aquollic Salorthids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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

    salic horizon

    0—25

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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

    2

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    1478

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    90

    177

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    1Anz1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01231. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; many fine halite crystals concentrations
    1Anz2—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01232. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; few fine halite crystals concentrations
    1Bwnz1—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains; 1 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01233. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; few very fine and fine halite crystals concentrations; few iron stains surface features
    1Bwnz2—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01234. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; few iron stains surface features
    1Bnz—40 to 50 centimeters (15.7 to 19.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01235. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; few iron stains surface features
    2Anzb1—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01236. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; many iron stains surface features; common medium distinct 10YR53 mottles
    2Anzb2—75 to 95 centimeters (29.5 to 37.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01237. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; few iron stains surface features; common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; common medium distinct 10YR53 mottles
    2Anzb3—95 to 107 centimeters (37.4 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01238. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; few iron stains surface features; common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; few medium distinct 10YR53 mottles
    3Bnz—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loamy very fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01239. Strongly saline and strongly sodic.; common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots