IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHEZA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977AZ017008
  • User Pedon ID: S1977AZ017008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977AZ017008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33750
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 34.6988907
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0222244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of SE1/4 of NE1/4
  • Location Description: North of Woodruff
  • 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 over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHEZA
  • PSC - 10 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Millett
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1977 (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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    JUNIP

    MUTO2

    OPUNT

    SPAI

    SPCR

    Atriplex canescens

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Juniperus

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Opuntia

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    fourwing saltbush

    black grama

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    juniper

    ring muhly

    pricklypear

    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

    2

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    1615

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    270

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05097
    B2t—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05098
    C1ca—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05099
    C2ca—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; extremely gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05101
    2C3ca—69 to 150 centimeters (27.2 to 59.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05102