IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calciargids
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09AF006008
  • User Pedon ID: S09AF006008
  • User Site Association ID: Afghanistan
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0399
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24470
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.2913611
  • Std. Longitude: 61.7653611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Karez Sofa Village in Farah Province
  • Country: AF—Afghanistan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek, Ed Tallyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, hyperthermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calciargids
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/2009
  • 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 remnant
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 70.00 percent nonflat rounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed, 10.00 percent nonflat rounded indurated 75- to 250-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/25/2009 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    Btkn1

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    Btkn1

    Btkn2

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    2Btkn3

    2Btkn3

    2Btkn3

    2Ckn

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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

    An

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    Btkn1

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    Btkn1

    Btkn2

    Btkn2

    2Btkn3

    2Btkn3

    2Btkn3

    2Ckn

    2Ckn

    2Ckn

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    15

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    39

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    86

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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 %

    An

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    Btkn1

    Btkn1

    Btkn1

    Btkn2

    Btkn2

    2Btkn3

    2Btkn3

    2Btkn3

    2Ckn

    2Ckn

    2Ckn

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    39

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    86

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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

    calcic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—15

    15—121

    15—200

    39—86

    86—

    —15—

    —106—

    —185—

    —47—

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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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    An—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02119; dry when described; observed in trench
    Btkn1—15 to 39 centimeters (5.9 to 15.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 58 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.2 medium roots in cracks; 15.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 1.0 very coarse high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02120; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445362; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445362
    Btkn2—39 to 86 centimeters (15.4 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 46 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots in cracks; 5.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 1.0 very coarse high-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02121; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445363; continuous - phpvsfiid 445363
    2Btkn3—86 to 121 centimeters (33.9 to 47.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 67 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 27 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent distinct clay films on bottom faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay bridges on rock fragments; 5 percent fine faint irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02122; dry when described; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445364; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445365; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445364; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 445365
    2Ckn—121 to 200 centimeters (47.6 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly sand; 89 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 6 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N02123; dry when described; observed in trench