IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bushvalley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ001022
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ001022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ001022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3588
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39253
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 33.8536110
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1422195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 1452 feet north and 396 feet east of the south quarter corner
  • Location Description: About 1/4 mile northwest of Alpine.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ001—Apache

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bushvalley
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1965
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1965 (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

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    ELELB2

    MUMO

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Muhlenbergia montana

    blue grama

    blue grama

    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

    17

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    2438

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    225

    559

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    6.1

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A27619. pine needles
    A1—1 to 11 centimeters (0.4 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; flaggy fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27620
    B2—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; very flaggy clay loam; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27621
    R—21 to 37 centimeters (8.3 to 14.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on rock fragments; fragments; 6.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A27622