IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wupatki
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975AZ005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1975AZ005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975AZ005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44969
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.5991936
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6015625
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet E and 230 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Coconino County, Arizona.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WD Nettleton, D Hendricks, D Taylor and G Jackson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mesic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wupatki
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mesic
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: cinders
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 85.00 percent 2- to 6-millimeter cinders,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1975 (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

    GUTIE

    OPUNT

    PLJA

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Gutierrezia

    Opuntia

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    black grama

    snakeweed

    pricklypear

    James' galleta

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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

    4

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    1790.7

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    90

    254

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    11.1

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 fine vesicular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-?-6 millimeter cinders fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00115
    A12—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-6 millimeter cinders fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00116
    A11—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 75C00123
    B2ca—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-?-6 millimeter cinders fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00117
    C1ca—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-6 millimeter cinders fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00118
    C2sicam—41 to 46 centimeters (16.1 to 18.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and black (10YR 2/1), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; extremely hard; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00119
    C3—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00120
    C4sicam—71 to 76 centimeters (28.0 to 29.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and black (10YR 2/1), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; extremely hard; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00121
    C5—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and brown (10YR 4/3), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 75C00122