IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ025006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ025006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ025006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33766
  • Print Date: 9/26/2024

    • 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: 34.4533844
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2760162
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 0.4 mile W and 0.3 mile S of NE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ025—Yavapai
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ637—Yavapai County, Arizona, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: jay, Maurisse
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Balon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: Gently sloping, dissected old alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1965 (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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    COSP3

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Condalia spathulata

    black grama

    blue grama

    knifeleaf condalia

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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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    1463

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05208
    B1t—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05209
    B21t—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05210
    B22t—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and white (10YR 8/1), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05211
    B3t—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05212
    C1—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05213
    C2—137 to 185 centimeters (53.9 to 72.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A05214