IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rudd
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ001006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ001006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3600
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39265
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 34.1797218
  • Std. Longitude: -109.3230591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: A pit located in the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4
  • Location Description: 150 feet north and 30 feet west of gate from Highway 60. Photo #4643. Approximately 3-1/2 miles northwest of Springerville.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ001—Apache
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ635—Apache County, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rudd
  • PSC - 25 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1965
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4643
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    LYCUR

    LYCUR

    MUTO2

    MUTO2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Lycurus

    Lycurus

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    blue grama

    blue grama

    wolfstail

    wolfstail

    ring muhly

    ring muhly

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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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    2126

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    180

    305

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    8.9

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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27707
    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27703
    A12—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27704
    C1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27705. Variations in thickness of C1 from 1 inch to 6 inches.
    R—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and black (10YR 2/1); massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; 21.0 fine roots; light gray (10YR 7/2) and white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A27706. Lime coating on all rock surfaces, along fracture planes, some lime drips on underside of coarse fragments.