IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheppard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AZ017008
  • User Pedon ID: 82AZ017008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0887
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51673
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 35.5636444
  • Std. Longitude: -110.6532059
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet E and 200 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Navajo County, Arizona. 2 miles SW of Elbow Point.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ017—Navajo

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D.Nettleton,R.C.Herriman,C.L.Glocker,D.M.Kriz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheppard
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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
    • 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
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    1571

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    1A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sand; weak medium platy structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04603. few very fine roots
    1C1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04604. many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1C2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, moist; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04605. few very fine and fine roots
    1C3—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; unknown texture; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04606. few very fine and fine roots
    1C4—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; loamy sand; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04607. few very fine roots
    1C5—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04608. few very fine roots
    1C6—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 82P04609. few very fine roots