IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moffat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002AZ005001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002AZ005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002AZ005001
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Transect Interval - 1.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0127
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13872
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.5663528
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6252441
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moffat
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplocalcids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or eolian deposits
  • Landform: dissected pediment
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Geology: Chinle formation of the Glen Canyon group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/28/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 98489-78
  • 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

    EPHED

    GUSA2

    PLJA

    Ephedra

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    jointfir

    broom snakeweed

    James' galleta

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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

    5

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    1630

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 87 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 10 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00386
    Bw—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), 5YR 3/6 (5YR 3/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 79 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00387
    Bk1—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 77 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00388. 25% coarse carbonate masses, calcic horizon
    Bk2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 77 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00389. 2% coarse carbonate masses and lime coating coarse fragments
    Bk3—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 77 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00390. 5-10% coarse carbonate nodules, lime coating clay films and dissemenated lime
    Bk4—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; sandy loam; 81 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00391. 5-10% coarse carbonate nodules, lime coating clay films and dissemenated lime
    Bk5—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; sandy loam; 83 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0. Lab sample # 02N00392. 2% coarse carbonate nodules, lime coating clay films