IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cambern
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ001021
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ001021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ001021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3586
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39251
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 33.8091660
  • Std. Longitude: -109.0636139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 1320 feet south of the center
  • Location Description: about 4 miles southeast of Alpine.
  • 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 #: 21
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cambern
  • PSC - 28 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1965
  • 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: 9/22/1965 (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

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Muhlenbergia montana

    squirreltail

    mountain 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

    6

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    2438

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    0

    559

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    6.1

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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27610
    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27604
    A12—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 6 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27605
    B1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27606
    B21T—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27607
    B22T—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent clay bridges; fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27608
    R—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films; fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A27609