IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Apron family
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: AZ707-TUD107-Apron family-4271
  • User Pedon ID: S2004AZ005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: AZ707-TUD107-Apron family
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0163
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17262
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 36.1844711
  • Std. Longitude: -111.1042480
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36111-B1—Middle Mesa, Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andrew Kowler
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Apron family
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: navejo and carmel formations alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: alluvial deposit depression
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods
  • Geology: Mixed Sedimentary Facies formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9839-46
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    2Bw

    3C

    4C

    5C

    6Cdk

    0

    13

    23

    33

    51

    117

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    33

    51

    117

    155

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    2Bw

    3C

    4C

    5C

    6Cdk

    0

    13

    23

    33

    51

    117

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    2Bw

    3C

    4C

    5C

    6Cdk

    0

    13

    23

    33

    51

    117

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    23

    33

    51

    117

    155

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MUAS

    SPAI

    SAVE4

    Muhlenbergia asperifolia

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    scratchgrass

    alkali sacaton

    greasewood

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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

    0

    168

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    11.5

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate very thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00914; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bw—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 56 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate permeability; high excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00915; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    3C—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 82 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 1 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00916; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    4C—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 61 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 8.0 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    5C—51 to 117 centimeters (20.1 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 8.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    6Cdk—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 56 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 26 percent clay; massive; moderately cemented, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2 um/s; moderately slow permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small