IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Barx
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AZ017026
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AZ017026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AZ017026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33769
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 34.4652786
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0833359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: Arizona in the east part of the town of Taylor, center of NW 1/4
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ017—Navajo
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ633—Navajo County Area, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Barx
  • PSC - 13 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: valley
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    GUTIE

    SPCR

    SPCR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    blue grama

    blue grama

    snakeweed

    sand dropseed

    sand dropseed

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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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    1707

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    0

    330

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, loose, slightly sticky; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05231. moderately rapid permeability
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05232. moderately rapid permeability
    A13—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05233. moderately rapid permeability
    B1T—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05234. moderately rapid permeability
    B2T—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05235. moderately rapid permeability
    B3CA—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 roots; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05236. moderately rapid permeability; patchy - phpvsfiid 197017; patchy - phpvsfiid 197017
    C1CA—71 to 135 centimeters (28.0 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 roots; pink (5YR 7/3) carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05237. calcium carbonate coatings on ped surfaces and in cracks and seams; moderately rapid permeability
    2C2—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; yellow (10YR 8/6) mottles; weak fine granular structure; soft, loose, slightly sticky; rapid permeability; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05238. fine sandy loam and sandy strata with occasional pebbles; rapid permeability