IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haplocambids
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09AF015001
  • User Pedon ID: S09AF015001
  • User Site Association ID: Afghanistan
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0400
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24471
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 34.7743333
  • Std. Longitude: 71.1118333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sarkani District by Camp Joyce, Kunar Afghanistan
  • Country: AF—Afghanistan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek, Ed Tallyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Xeric Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haplocambids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Xeric Haplocambids
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • 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
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    C1

    C2

    0

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    60

    77

    97

    117

    137

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    77

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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

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    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    C1

    C2

    0

    0

    20

    60

    77

    97

    117

    137

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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

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    C1

    C2

    0

    0

    20

    60

    77

    97

    117

    137

    20

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    60

    77

    97

    117

    137

    163

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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

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—77

    60—77

    77—117

    —77—

    —17—

    —40—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    1/11/2009

    50

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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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 9 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.6 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02124; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bw1—20 to 60 centimeters (7.9 to 23.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 77 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 0.4 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02125; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bw2—60 to 77 centimeters (23.6 to 30.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; very cobbly coarse sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.6 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 0.4 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02126; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bk1—77 to 97 centimeters (30.3 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), moist; very cobbly coarse sand; 91 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries around rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02127; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bk2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; 76 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless single grain; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries around rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02128; dry when described; observed in cut
    C1—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; 78 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless single grain; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02129; dry when described; observed in cut
    C2—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; 81 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N02130; dry when described; observed in cut