IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moenkopie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975AZ005007
  • User Pedon ID: S1975AZ005007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975AZ005007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44972
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 35.0380974
  • Std. Longitude: -110.9301529
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1,500 feet west and 500 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Coconino County, Arizona.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ005—Coconino

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moenkopie
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: gently sloping upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Moenkopie formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1975 (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

    ARBI3

    ATCA2

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    KRASC

    PLJA

    Artemisia bigelovii

    Atriplex canescens

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Krascheninnikovia

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Bigelow sage

    fourwing saltbush

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    winterfat

    James' galleta

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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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    1676.4

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    270

    254

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    11.1

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00137
    A12—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00138
    C—26 to 48 centimeters (10.2 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine threadlike pink (5YR 8/3) carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00139
    R—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; bedrock; massive; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; carbonate coats on surfaces along root channels; fragments. Lab sample # 75C00140