IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haplocambids
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09AF006001
  • User Pedon ID: S09AF006001
  • User Site Association ID: Afghanistan
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0392
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24463
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 32.3831667
  • Std. Longitude: 62.1624167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Gurgi Village in Farah Province
  • Country: AF—Afghanistan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek, Ed Tallyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed over carbonatic, semiactive, hyperthermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haplocambids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: conservation terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for extremely brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/21/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - culturally induced barren
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C1

    C2

    C3

    2Btknb

    2Btknb

    0

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    31

    53

    68

    87

    112

    112

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    31

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    68

    87

    112

    200

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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

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C1

    C2

    C3

    2Btknb

    2Btknb

    0

    15

    15

    31

    53

    68

    87

    112

    112

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    31

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    53

    68

    87

    112

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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 %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C1

    C2

    C3

    2Btknb

    2Btknb

    0

    15

    15

    31

    53

    68

    87

    112

    112

    15

    31

    31

    53

    68

    87

    112

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    noncoherent

    noncoherent

    53 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—53

    15—53

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    112—200

    112—200

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    —88—

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    1/21/2009

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 1.0 medium low-continuity vesicular and 10.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02073; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw1—15 to 31 centimeters (5.9 to 12.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loam; 42 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 1.0 medium low-continuity vesicular and 10.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02074; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw2—31 to 53 centimeters (12.2 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very coarse low-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 coarse low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02075; dry when described; observed in trench
    C1—53 to 68 centimeters (20.9 to 26.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; very gravelly fine sand; 91 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02076; dry when described; observed in trench
    C2—68 to 87 centimeters (26.8 to 34.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy fine sand; 83 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02077; dry when described; observed in trench
    C3—87 to 112 centimeters (34.3 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist; fine sand; 92 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02078; dry when described; observed in trench
    2Btknb—112 to 200 centimeters (44.1 to 78.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 76 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 17 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N02079; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445350; continuous - phpvsfiid 445350