IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Springerville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AZ005006
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AZ005006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AZ005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3593
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39258
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 34.9983330
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3916702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: In the NW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 16 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Springerville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1956
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1956 (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

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    GUTIE

    MUMO

    OPUNT

    OPUNT

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Opuntia

    Opuntia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    blue grama

    snakeweed

    mountain muhly

    pricklypear

    pricklypear

    western wheatgrass

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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

    1

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    2173

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    90

    559

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    7.8

    18.3

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; stony silty clay; strong very fine granular parts to granular structure; hard when dry, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27651. noncalcareous except for an occasional small lime concretions
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and strong very fine and fine granular structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 10 percent faint nonintersecting slickensides; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27652. few black spherical concretions, less than 1 mm in diameter; matrix calcareous, but contains a few hard lime concretions 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter
    A13—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27653. common black spherical concretions 1/4 to 2 mm in diameter; noncalcareous matrix, with occasional hard lime concretion 1/8 to 3/8 inch in diameter
    A14—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to very coarse platy, and weak coarse angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent on faces of peds and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 21 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27654. many black spherical concretions 1/4 to 3 mm in diameter; noncalcareous matrix, but with common hard lime concretions 1/8 to 3/8 inch in diameter
    AC—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; coarse wedge parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 21 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27655. many black spherical concretions 1/4 to 3 mm in diameter; noncalcareous matrix, but with common hard lime concretions 1/8 to 3/8 inch in diameter
    C1CA—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; coarse wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent clay films and 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27656. few black spherical concretions 1/4 to 2 mm in diameter; matrix noncalcareous, but contains many hard lime concretions 1/8 to 1/2 inch in diameter; patchy - phpvsfiid 187799; patchy - phpvsfiid 187799
    C2CA—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine and medium mottles; weak wedge structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A27657. few black spherical concretions 1/4 to 2 mm in diameter; matrix noncalcareous, but contains common hard lime concretions 1/8 to 5/8 inch in diameter
    C3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27658. numerous weathered basalt fragments; few black spherical concretions 1/4 to 2 mm in diameter; matrix noncalcareous, but contains few hard lime concretions 1/8 to 1/2 inch in diameter
    R—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches); hard when dry; fragments. Lab sample # 40A27659. Hard, weathered, dark gray olivine basalt. Slightly magnetic.