IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ziegler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AZ001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AZ001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AZ001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39275
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 34.2808342
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7913895
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: Near center
  • Location Description: 3.45 miles east of Apache-Navajo County line, and 0.3 miles north of US Highway 60. 10 yards west of west end of cinder pit. 14 miles east of Show Low.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ001—Apache
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ635—Apache County, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ziegler
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1956
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    threeawn

    threeawn

    blue grama

    blue grama

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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

    24

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    2118

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    180

    508

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    9.4

    19.4

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27747
    A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium platy parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27748
    B21T—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), dry; gravelly silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to strong medium and coarse granular structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 75 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27749
    B22T—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), dry; gravelly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27750. with fine red spots, due to weathering pebbles; continuous - phpvsfiid 187860; continuous - phpvsfiid 187860
    B23T—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27751. continuous - phpvsfiid 187858; continuous - phpvsfiid 187858
    B24TCA—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; 3 percent spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27752. matrix is noncalcareous, but contains common hard, rounded lime concretions 1/4 to 2 mm in diameter; continuous - phpvsfiid 187859; continuous - phpvsfiid 187859
    B25TCA—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27753. continuous - phpvsfiid 187857; continuous - phpvsfiid 187857
    C1CAM—66 to 117 centimeters (26.0 to 46.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27754. includes many black cinders; very few roots penetrate small holes and cracks; indurated; varies in thickness from 3 inches to more than 2 feet; in places there are several of these caliche layers separated by layers of strongly calcareous but not cemented cinders
    C2CA—117 to 124 centimeters (46.1 to 48.8 inches);, black (7.5YR 2/1) and black (7.5YR 2/1), dry; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A27755. loose cinders that appear to be slightly weathered. Each cinder has a stalagmitic coat of calcium carbonate on its under side.
    C3—300 to 600 centimeters (118.1 to 236.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1), black (7.5YR 2/1), dry; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A27756. loose cinders. Sharp and fresh in appearance