IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NAVAJO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977AZ017003
  • User Pedon ID: S1977AZ017003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977AZ017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0681
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33745
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 34.9644432
  • Std. Longitude: -110.1691666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 5 miles north of Holbrook on east side of Leroux Wash.
  • 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: Very-fine, mixed, calcareous, mesic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - NAVAJO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Navajo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-textured alluvium
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ATCA2

    SARCO

    SPAI

    Atriplex canescens

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    fourwing saltbush

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

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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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    1554

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    270

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    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; weak coarse platy structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05067
    A12—1 to 11 centimeters (0.4 to 4.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; strong fine granular, and moderate structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05068
    C1—11 to 47 centimeters (4.3 to 18.5 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; weak, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05069
    C2—47 to 87 centimeters (18.5 to 34.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 21 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05070
    C3sa—87 to 160 centimeters (34.3 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 21 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05071