IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Argixerolls
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09AF015006
  • User Pedon ID: S09AF015006
  • User Site Association ID: Afghanistan
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0405
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24476
  • 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: 34.8728611
  • Std. Longitude: 71.1564722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Asadabad Nursery, Kabul Afghanistan
  • Country: AF—Afghanistan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek, Ed Tallyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Argixerolls
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Vertic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • Classificaton Date - 1/16/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • 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: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/16/2009 (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

    2Bt1

    2Bt4

    0

    15

    110

    15

    34

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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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    2Bt4

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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

    2Bt1

    2Bt4

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    15

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    34

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    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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    anthric saturation

    lithologic discontinuity

    aquic conditions

    0—34

    15—150

    71—150

    71—150

    71—

    71—150

    —34—

    —135—

    —79—

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

    1/16/2009

    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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; 38 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 2.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02153; dry when described; observed in trench
    2Bt1—15 to 34 centimeters (5.9 to 13.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; 33 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 21 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots between peds and 4.0 medium roots between peds and 5.0 fine roots between peds; 10.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-163-350 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02154; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445393; continuous - phpvsfiid 445393
    2Bt2—34 to 71 centimeters (13.4 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loam; 38 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 18 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 20.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 20.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02155; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445394; continuous - phpvsfiid 445394
    2Bt3—71 to 110 centimeters (28.0 to 43.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 23 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots between peds and 1.0 coarse roots between peds and ; 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular and 20.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8), dry, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02156; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445395; continuous - phpvsfiid 445395
    2Bt4—110 to 150 centimeters (43.3 to 59.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silt loam; 19 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 24 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 20.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 medium high-continuity tubular and 20.0 fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 coarse high-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8), dry, masses of reduced iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N02157; dry when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445396; continuous - phpvsfiid 445396