IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haplargids
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09AF006002
  • User Pedon ID: S09AF006002
  • User Site Association ID: Afghanistan
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0393
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24464
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.3861111
  • Std. Longitude: 62.1697222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Near Gurgi Village in the Farah Province
  • Country: AF—Afghanistan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek, Ed Tallyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haplargids
  • PSC - 87 to 137 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 - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 87 to 137 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: fan piedmont
  • Landform: fan apron
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very brief periods begining in dec
  • Surface Fragments: subangular indurated 40.00 percent nonflat subangular 2- to 75-millimeter mixed, 30.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 75- to 250-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 - rangeland, savanna
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    2Btk3

    0

    11

    31

    59

    87

    134

    168

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    59

    87

    134

    168

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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

    A1

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    Bw1

    Bw2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    2Btk3

    0

    11

    31

    59

    87

    134

    168

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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 %

    A1

    A2

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Btk1

    Btk2

    2Btk3

    0

    11

    31

    59

    87

    134

    168

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    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

    noncoherent

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—87

    87—200

    87—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

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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 78 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots around fragments; 0.2 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02081; dry when described; observed in trench
    A2—11 to 31 centimeters (4.3 to 12.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy fine sand; 76 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very fine roots around fragments; 0.8 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 11 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02082; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw1—31 to 59 centimeters (12.2 to 23.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), 10YR 2/4 (10YR 2/4), moist; extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; 86 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots around fragments; 10.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 5.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02083; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw2—59 to 87 centimeters (23.2 to 34.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; 87 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots around fragments; 5.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 0.5 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02084; dry when described; observed in trench
    Btk1—87 to 134 centimeters (34.3 to 52.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; extremely cobbly fine sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots around fragments; 2.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 25 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N0285; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445353; continuous - phpvsfiid 445353
    Btk2—134 to 168 centimeters (52.8 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; 83 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 35 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 5 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N0286; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445352; continuous - phpvsfiid 445352
    2Btk3—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 15 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N0287; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445351; continuous - phpvsfiid 445351