IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mcvickers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962AZ005018
  • User Pedon ID: S1962AZ005018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962AZ005018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5438
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42683
  • 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: 34.5614395
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3365479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 18 miles E. 45 miles S. of Flagstaff, Arizona.
  • 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 #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mcvickers
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DGJ 8 178
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ARIST

    ARIST

    FEAR2

    FEAR2

    PASM

    PIPO

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Festuca arizonica

    Festuca arizonica

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pinus ponderosa

    threeawn

    threeawn

    Arizona fescue

    Arizona fescue

    western wheatgrass

    ponderosa pine

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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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    2088

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    315

    533

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    7.2

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40867
    A21—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40868
    A22—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40869
    B1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40870
    B2t—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) fine distinct and 21 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40871
    B3t—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and white (10YR 8/1) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8), dry; clay; coarse platy structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40872
    C—102 centimeters (40.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and white (7.5YR 8/1) and yellow (10YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) and yellow (10YR 7/6) and white (10YR 8/1), dry; clay; 21 percent fine and medium faint and 21 percent fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40873