IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Showlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AZ017027
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AZ017027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AZ017027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0715
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33778
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024
  • 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: 34.3680573
  • Std. Longitude: -110.3883362
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: Arizona 2.1 miles east of Aripine post office near the E 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: about 50 feet north of State Hwy. #160.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ017—Navajo
  • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Showlow
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/1956
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • 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: 5/15/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    JUNIP

    PIPO

    QUERC

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Juniperus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus

    blue grama

    blue grama

    juniper

    ponderosa pine

    oak

    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

    2

    1951

    457

    9.4

    20.6

    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05293. many grass and tree roots; moderately permeable
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05294. many grass and tree roots; moderately permeable
    B1T—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05295. many grass and tree roots; moderately slow permeability; patchy - phpvsfiid 197011; patchy - phpvsfiid 197011
    B21T—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse and very coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 21.0 roots; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05296. many tree roots but practically no grass roots; very slowly permeable; continuous - phpvsfiid 197012; continuous - phpvsfiid 197012
    B22TCA—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium prominent mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 roots; 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05297. many slickensides at a 45 degrees angle; few tree roots; very slowly permeable; mildly calcareous where a few flecks of lime occur in the lower portion of this horizon
    C1CA—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium faint mottles; massive; extremely hard, firm, slightly sticky; slow permeability; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05298. slowly permeable strongly to very strongly calcareous
    C2CA—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; extremely hard, firm, slightly sticky; moderately slow permeability; 0.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A05299. no plant roots; moderately slow permeability