IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elledge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956AZ017029
  • User Pedon ID: S1956AZ017029
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956AZ017029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0697
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33760
  • 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: 34.2516670
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0433350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: on property line between State Highway lot and Elledge Motel. In Showlow, Arizona.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ017—Navajo

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elledge
  • PSC - 33 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/1956
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    JUNIP

    PIPO

    SPCR

    SPCR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Juniperus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    blue grama

    blue grama

    juniper

    ponderosa pine

    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

    3

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    1987

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    90

    457

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    10

    21.1

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05161; dry when described;. many grass roots; moderately permeable
    A2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05162; dry when described;. grass roots common; moderately rapid permeability
    B2T—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/2) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05163; moist when described;. few grass roots and common tree roots; slowly to very slowly permeable; continuous - phpvsfiid 187639; continuous - phpvsfiid 187639
    B3T—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), dry; fine sand; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 roots and 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A05164; moist when described;. few tree roots and few grass roots; slowly to very slowly permeable
    R—71 to 71 centimeters (28.0 to 28.0 inches); fine sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A05165. Decomposing sandstone with tongues of fine sandy clay penetrating downward into this rock.