IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lonti
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992AZ025002
  • User Pedon ID: 92AZ025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65407
  • 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: 34.7769432
  • Std. Longitude: -112.6316681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: NRST Site K2 mother pedon (bottom of plot 3).
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ025—Yavapai
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Whited, Jim Osterander, and Kevin Hood
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lonti
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aridic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 63
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—40

    8—200

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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

    5

    1418

    75

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium and coarse roots; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00454
    Bt1—8 to 40 centimeters (3.1 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00455. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178085
    Bt2—40 to 59 centimeters (15.7 to 23.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; clay loam, sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00456. patchy - phpvsfiid 178086; patchy - phpvsfiid 178086
    Bt3—59 to 105 centimeters (23.2 to 41.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00457
    Btk—105 to 155 centimeters (41.3 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 5 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine lime masses; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00458. patchy - phpvsfiid 192831; patchy - phpvsfiid 192831
    2Btk—155 to 200 centimeters (61.0 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent fine lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 93P00459. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192832; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192832