IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haploxerolls
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09AF015005
  • User Pedon ID: S09AF015005
  • User Site Association ID: Afghanistan
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0404
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24475
  • 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: 34.9235556
  • Std. Longitude: 71.0896667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Watorpor, Kunar Afghanistan
  • Country: AF—Afghanistan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek, Ed Tallyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 7 to 57 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2009
  • 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: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/13/2009 (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

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    0

    0

    7

    42

    62

    7

    7

    42

    62

    100

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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

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    0

    0

    7

    42

    62

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    62

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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

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    0

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    7

    42

    62

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    62

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    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

    cambic horizon

    anthric saturation

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    0—100

    7—100

    62—100

    62—100

    62—100

    —100—

    —93—

    —38—

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    1/13/2009

    50

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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 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; 34 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented worm casts with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02149; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—7 to 42 centimeters (2.8 to 16.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; 32 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and 1.0 medium low-continuity vesicular pores; 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented worm casts with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02150; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445382; continuous - phpvsfiid 445382
    Bt2—42 to 62 centimeters (16.5 to 24.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; loam; 35 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02151; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445383; continuous - phpvsfiid 445383
    Bt3—62 to 100 centimeters (24.4 to 39.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; 24 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine low-continuity irregular and 2.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 45 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct irregular very weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N02152; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 445384; continuous - phpvsfiid 445384