IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vitrandic Torripsamments
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012AZ005006
  • User Pedon ID: S2012AZ005006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012AZ005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7971
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55392
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 35.5116111
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3604722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25 N
  • Range: 10 E
  • Section: 30
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ631—Coconino County Area, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Harrigan, H. Hosler, J. Cruz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy Vitrandic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heiser
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy Vitrandic Torripsamments
  • PSC - 0 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 5-millimeter cinders,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ATCA2

    EREP

    ERPL3

    FAPA

    Atriplex canescens

    Eriogonum ephedroides

    Eriogonum plumatella

    Fallugia paradoxa

    fourwing saltbush

    ephedra buckwheat

    yucca buckwheat

    Apache plume

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

    volcanic glass

    0—94

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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

    152

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    455.1

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    40

    203

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    165

    13

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    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); black (N 2.5/),, black (N 2.5/),, moist; coarse sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-4-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 12N02845; observed in pit, small
    C—14 to 94 centimeters (5.5 to 37.0 inches); black (N 2.5/),, black (N 2.5/),, moist; sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-4-5 millimeter volcanic, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # 12N02846; observed in pit, small
    2Ab—94 to 102 centimeters (37.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) medium roots throughout; 8 percent threadlike gypsum crystal clusters throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 12N02847; observed in pit, small
    2Byb—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; 9 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent distinct gypsum coats throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 12N02848; observed in pit, small