IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Purgatory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975AZ005005
  • User Pedon ID: S1975AZ005005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975AZ005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44970
  • 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: 35.0761452
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1851883
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet south and 2,000 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Coconino County, Arizona. ; approximately 5 miles west of Winslow.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Purgatory
  • PSC - 25 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: gently sloping upland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Moenkipie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1975 (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

    ACHY

    ARBI3

    ARNO4

    EPVI

    PHLOX

    PLJA

    SPAI

    SPNE

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia bigelovii

    Artemisia nova

    Ephedra viridis

    Phlox

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus nealleyi

    Indian ricegrass

    Bigelow sage

    black sagebrush

    mormon tea

    phlox

    James' galleta

    alkali sacaton

    gyp 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

    3

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    1536.2

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    45

    254

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    12.2

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    A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to single grain; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00124
    C1CS—2 to 21 centimeters (0.8 to 8.3 inches); variegated pink (5YR 7/3) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), pink (5YR 8/3) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00125
    C2CS—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), pink (5YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00126
    C3CS—36 to 55 centimeters (14.2 to 21.7 inches); gray (N 5/0), light gray (N 7/0), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00127
    C4CS—55 to 91 centimeters (21.7 to 35.8 inches); light gray (N 7/0) and gray (N 5/0) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) rubbed and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) rubbed clay loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00128
    C5—91 to 126 centimeters (35.8 to 49.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; clay loam, bedrock; fine platy structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00129
    C6—126 to 152 centimeters (49.6 to 59.8 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1), greenish gray (5GY 5/1), dry; bedrock; fine platy structure; extremely hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 75C00130