IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Springerville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AZ005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AZ005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AZ005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3594
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39259
  • 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: 35.0316658
  • Std. Longitude: -111.4355545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: Near the center of Pickett Lake, an intermittent lake basin in the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 20 miles southeast of Flagstaff.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Springerville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1956
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plateau
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1956 (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

    AMAL

    AMAL

    CAREX

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    Amaranthus albus

    Amaranthus albus

    Carex

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    prostrate pigweed

    prostrate pigweed

    sedge

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

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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

    0

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    2173

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    559

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    7.8

    18.3

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; strong very fine granular structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27660
    A12—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; 51 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27661
    C1G—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish gray (2.5YR 3/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium mottles; medium wedge parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; slickensides (pedogenic) and 75 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A27662. few hard spherical black and reddish brown concretions, 1/2 to 5 mm in diameter; patchy - phpvsfiid 187851; patchy - phpvsfiid 187851
    C2G—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish gray (2.5YR 3/1), dark reddish gray (2.5YR 4/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium mottles; medium wedge parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27663
    C3G—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium mottles; coarse wedge, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; slickensides (pedogenic) and 75 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27664. few spherical black shot as in horizon above (but fewer here); patchy - phpvsfiid 197026; patchy - phpvsfiid 197026
    C4G—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium mottles; medium wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27665. common slickensides produce thick plates and lenticular peds that do not break down to smaller peds; very few spherical black concretions
    C—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine and medium mottles; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 1 percent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27666. common hard black spherical concretions, mostly less than 1 mm diameter; matrix noncalcareous but contains very few hard, irregular, nodular carbonate concretions