IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clovis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ001008
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ001008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ001008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0711
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33774
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 34.7355537
  • Std. Longitude: -109.2713852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 1320 feet south and 53 feet east of the center
  • Location Description: Photo #6213, approximately 16 miles north of Saint Johns.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ001—Apache
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ635—Apache County, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • PSC - 20 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1965
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6213
  • 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

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    GUTIE

    PLEUR12

    PLEUR12

    SPCO4

    SPCO4

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Gutierrezia

    Pleuraphis

    Pleuraphis

    Sporobolus contractus

    Sporobolus contractus

    blue grama

    blue grama

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    snakeweed

    galleta grass

    galleta grass

    spike dropseed

    spike 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

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    1782

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    315

    330

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    A1L—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 7.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05266
    B1S—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05267
    B21TS—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05268
    B22TCAS—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 3 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 8.19999981 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05269
    B3CAC—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; 8.19999981 Thymol-blue; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05270
    2C1L—76 to 147 centimeters (29.9 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8.19999981 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05271
    3C2CAS—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8.19999981 Thymol-blue; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05272
    4C3L—163 to 193 centimeters (64.2 to 76.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8.19999981 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A05273