IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Navajo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962AZ017001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962AZ017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3567
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39232
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 35.1119461
  • Std. Longitude: -110.7286148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet east and 50 feet north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 6 miles NW of Winslow, Arizona.
  • 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, mixed, calcareous, mesic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Navajo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Navajo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    1463

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    45

    203

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    12.8

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse platy structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27497
    C1—13 to 51 centimeters (5.1 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 10 percent on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27498
    C2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27499
    C3—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 75 percent on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27500
    C4—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and 1 percent pink (5YR 8/3) fine faint mottles; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27501
    C5—165 to 193 centimeters (65.0 to 76.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and 1 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27502
    C6—193 to 228 centimeters (76.0 to 89.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and 1 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 5.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27503
    C7—228 to 307 centimeters (89.8 to 120.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and 1 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 5.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27504