IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boysag
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975AZ005010
  • User Pedon ID: S1975AZ005010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975AZ005010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44975
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 35.7283516
  • Std. Longitude: -112.5527039
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 3,500 feet east and 1,500 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Coconino County, Arizona. On the Cataract Ranch.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boysag
  • PSC - 5 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: gently sloping upland
  • Landform: gently sloping 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

    BOGR2

    ELELE

    GUTIE

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

    Gutierrezia

    blue grama

    squirreltail

    snakeweed

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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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    1691.6

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    45

    279

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    11.1

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00156
    B21T—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00157
    B22T—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; clay films on surfaces along pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00158
    C1CA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly very cobbly loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 75C00159
    C2CAM—38 to 39 centimeters (15.0 to 15.4 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) and pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), pinkish white (5YR 8/2) and light gray (5YR 7/1), dry; cemented bedrock; massive; extremely hard by carbonates; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00160
    R—39 to 45 centimeters (15.4 to 17.7 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry; bedrock; massive; extremely hard; fragments; violent effervescence, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 75C00161