IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cambern
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ001018
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ001018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ001018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3585
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39250
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024

    • 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: 33.8211098
  • Std. Longitude: -109.0722198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 300 feet south and 50 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 3 miles east of Alpine.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ001—Apache
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ635—Apache County, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cambern
  • PSC - 36 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1965
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ELELB2

    MUMO

    PIPO

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Pinus ponderosa

    squirreltail

    mountain muhly

    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

    11

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    2438

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    45

    559

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    6.1

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27598
    A12—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; massive parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27599
    B1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 4 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27600
    B21t—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27601
    B22t—51 to 56 centimeters (20.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27602
    R—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; 7.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A27603. with tongues 3 mm to 1 inch thick of the B22t horizon extending approximately 12 inches into the seams and fractures