IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): JOCITY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977AZ017002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977AZ017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977AZ017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0680
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33744
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 34.9688873
  • Std. Longitude: -110.3727798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 1 mile north of I40 west of Joseph City.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ017—Navajo
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ633—Navajo County Area, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D Ames and D Richmond
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, calcareous, mesic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - JOCITY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jocity
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landform: neraly level alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1977 (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

    ATOB

    SALSO

    SPAI

    SPHAE

    Atriplex obovata

    Salsola

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sphaeralcea

    mound saltbush

    Russian thistle

    alkali sacaton

    globemallow

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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

    1

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    1521

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    180

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05062
    A12—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05063
    C1—23 to 76 centimeters (9.1 to 29.9 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05064
    C2—76 to 120 centimeters (29.9 to 47.2 inches); gray (5YR 5/1), dark gray (5YR 4/1), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05065
    C—120 to 148 centimeters (47.2 to 58.3 inches); gray (5YR 5/1), dark gray (5YR 4/1), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, very friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05066