IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tusayan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975AZ005008
  • User Pedon ID: S1975AZ005008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975AZ005008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44973
  • 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: 34.9397659
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0401535
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 12 1/2E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 3,000 feet east and 1,000 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Coconino County, Arizona. 7.1 miles south of Meteor Crater.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tusayan
  • PSC - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: nearly level upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    ARBI3

    ARIST

    ATCA2

    BOGR2

    ELELE

    EPVI

    JUNIP

    KRASC

    OPUNT

    Artemisia bigelovii

    Aristida

    Atriplex canescens

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

    Ephedra viridis

    Juniperus

    Krascheninnikovia

    Opuntia

    Bigelow sage

    threeawn

    fourwing saltbush

    blue grama

    squirreltail

    mormon tea

    juniper

    winterfat

    pricklypear

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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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    1737.4

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    279

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    11.1

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00141
    A12—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00142
    B21—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00143
    B22ca—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; carbonate concretions in matrix; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00144
    Cca—69 to 74 centimeters (27.2 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; carbonate concretions in matrix; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00145
    R—74 to 81 centimeters (29.1 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; bedrock; massive; carbonate coats; fragments. Lab sample # 75C00146