IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KINAN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977AZ017006
  • User Pedon ID: S1977AZ017006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977AZ017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0684
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33748
  • 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: 34.9833336
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8716660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of SE1/4
  • Location Description: South of I40 near Navajo and Apache County Line
  • 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, mesic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KINAN
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: old alluvium
  • Landform: nearly level sloping old alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1977 (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

    GUSA2

    KRASC

    MUTO2

    OPHU

    PLJA

    SPAI

    SPCR

    Atriplex canescens

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Krascheninnikovia

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Opuntia humifusa

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    fourwing saltbush

    broom snakeweed

    winterfat

    ring muhly

    devil's-tongue

    James' galleta

    alkali sacaton

    sand 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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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05085
    B21t—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05086
    B22t—33 to 63 centimeters (13.0 to 24.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05087
    B23tca—63 to 90 centimeters (24.8 to 35.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05088
    C1ca—90 to 131 centimeters (35.4 to 51.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05089
    C2—131 to 157 centimeters (51.6 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05090