IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sandbench family
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: AZ707-TUD107-Sandbench family-4270
  • User Pedon ID: S2004AZ005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: AZ707-TUD107-Sandbench fa
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0165
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17264
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 36.1875267
  • Std. Longitude: -111.1002502
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sandbench family
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplocalcids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: navajo and carmel formations alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: alluvial deposit plateau
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Navajo Sandstone 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 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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

    2Bky

    3Bk

    4Bk

    5Ck

    6C

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    20

    41

    81

    109

    157

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    81

    109

    157

    183

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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

    2Bky

    3Bk

    4Bk

    5Ck

    6C

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    20

    41

    81

    109

    157

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    81

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    183

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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

    2Bky

    3Bk

    4Bk

    5Ck

    6C

    0

    20

    41

    81

    109

    157

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    81

    109

    157

    183

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    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

    ATCO

    OPUNT

    SAVE4

    SPAI

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Opuntia

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    shadscale saltbush

    pricklypear

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    calcic horizon

    calcic horizon

    20—41

    109—157

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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

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    168

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, moist; fine sand; 99 percent sand; 1 percent silt; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 92 um/s; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine irregular and 8.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary.; very dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bky—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 81 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 2 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 15 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented gypsum masses throughout and 15 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00920; very dry when described; observed in pit, small
    3Bk—41 to 81 centimeters (16.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 3 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; rigid, slightly rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and 3.0 medium pores; 5 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 25 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00921; very dry when described; observed in pit, small
    4Bk—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sand; 97 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 2 percent clay; strong extremely coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 92 um/s; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent very fine irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00922; very dry when described; observed in pit, small
    5Ck—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); 30 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior and 33 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) interior and 33 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 92 um/s; rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 35 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist, and pink (7.5YR 8/3), dry, carbonate masses throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter chert fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.; very dry when described; observed in pit, small
    6C—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 92 um/s; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue.; very dry when described; observed in pit, small