IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Showlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ025009
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ025009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ025009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0716
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33779
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 34.5486107
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2205582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 0.4 mile north and 0.1 mile west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: 3/4 mile east of Dewey, Arizona to Henderson Ranch headquarters, then 1-1/4 mile northeast of headquarters.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ025—Yavapai
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ637—Yavapai County, Arizona, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Showlow
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1965
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 203
  • 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

    ARIST

    ARIST

    BOER4

    MUTO2

    MUTO2

    SPCR

    SPCR

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    threeawn

    threeawn

    black grama

    ring muhly

    ring muhly

    sand dropseed

    sand 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

    2

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    1463

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    225

    305

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    12.8

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    15

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 6 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05300
    B1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05301
    B21T—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 7.5 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05302. continuous - phpvsfiid 187371; continuous - phpvsfiid 187371
    2B22T—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly clay; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on rock fragments; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05303
    3B3TCA—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05304
    3C1CA—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05305. Sampled for BPR. B21t and IIB22t horizons were combined in sample for BPR. C1 through C8 horizons combined in sample for BPR.
    3C2CA—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; clay bridges and 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05306
    4C3CA—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 1 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05307
    5C4—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05308
    6C5CA—132 to 142 centimeters (52.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent clay films between sand grains; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05309
    7C6—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 3 percent pink (5YR 7/4) medium mottles; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05310
    8C7CA—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; clay loam; massive; firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05311
    9C8CA—180 to 193 centimeters (70.9 to 76.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05312