IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haploxerolls
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09AF015002
  • User Pedon ID: S09AF015002
  • User Site Association ID: Afghanistan
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24472
  • Print Date: 5/10/2024

    • 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: 34.7877222
  • Std. Longitude: 71.1066667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sarkani District by Camp Joyce, Kunar Afghanistan
  • Country: AF—Afghanistan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek, Ed Tallyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: conservation terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Ap

    Bt

    Bt

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw3

    C

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    42

    68

    75

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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

    Ap

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    Bt

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    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw3

    C

    0

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    42

    68

    75

    98

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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 %

    Ap

    Ap

    Bt

    Bt

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw3

    C

    0

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    9

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    42

    68

    75

    98

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    42

    42

    68

    75

    98

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    anthric saturation

    cambic horizon

    0—42

    9—150

    9—150

    9—150

    42—98

    —42—

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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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    Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 medium low-continuity dendritic tubular and 4.0 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02131; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt—9 to 42 centimeters (3.5 to 16.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine low-continuity vesicular and 3.0 coarse low-continuity vesicular pores; 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02132; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445385; continuous - phpvsfiid 445385
    Bw1—42 to 68 centimeters (16.5 to 26.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; 41 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 0.1 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 0.1 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02133; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw2—68 to 75 centimeters (26.8 to 29.5 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very coarse roots throughout and 0.4 very coarse roots throughout; 0.1 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 0.1 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 15 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02134; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw3—75 to 98 centimeters (29.5 to 38.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; 22 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; diffuse broken boundary. Lab sample # 09N02135; moist when described; observed in trench
    C—98 to 150 centimeters (38.6 to 59.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; very bouldery silt loam; 44 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented yellow (2.5Y 7/6), dry, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 600-800-1000 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N02136; moist when described; observed in trench