IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mespun
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AZ015026
  • User Pedon ID: 82AZ015026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0870
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51656
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 36.9472237
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0069427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet E and 50 feet N of NW corner
  • Location Description: Mohave County, Arizona. The site is approximately 3 miles S of Colorado City, Arizona. Childers Place.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ015—Mohave
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wendell Jorgensen and R.C. Herriman
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mespun
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Ustic Torripsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1982 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—5

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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

    4

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    1475

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    25

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    12

    25

    1

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04474; moist when described;. few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04475; moist when described;. few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bw1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay bridges on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04476; moist when described;. common clay bridging surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bw2—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay bridges on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04477. common clay bridging surface features on vertical faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout
    C1—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sand; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04478. few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C2—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; very fine sand; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent coarse carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04479. few coarse carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C3—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; cylindrical carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 82P04480. few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous