LOCATION KINLEY AZ
Established Series
Rev. WJ/RKS/PDC/HCD
09/2015
KINLEY SERIES
The Kinley series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in alluvium from mixed sources. Kinley soils are on fan terraces with slopes of 1 to 35 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 9 inches and the mean annual air temperature is about 64 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplocalcids
TYPICAL PEDON: Kinley gravelly sandy loam - rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 2 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) gravelly sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) moist; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine roots; many fine irregular pores; 20 percent gravel; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear wavy boundary. (1 to 3 inches thick)
BA--2 to 9 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine roots; many very fine tubular pores; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick)
Bk1--9 to 13 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine roots; many very fine tubular pores; 5 percent gravel; strongly effervescent, 15 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; few soft calcium carbonate masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); abrupt wavy boundary. (3 to 12 inches thick)
Bk2--13 to 24 inches; pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) sandy loam, pinkish gray (7.5 yr 6/2) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few fine roots; many very fine tubular pores; 10 percent gravel; violently effervescent, 35 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; 10 percent hard calcium nodules; few soft calcium carbonate masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear wavy boundary. (6 to 15 inches thick)
Bk3--24 to 34 inches; pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) gravelly sandy loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine roots; 25 percent gravel; violently effervescent, 40 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; continuous calcium carbonate coating on peds; common soft calcium carbonate masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear wavy boundary. (6 to 18 inches thick)
Bk4--34 to 50 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) very gravelly sandy loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine tubular pores; 40 percent gravel; violently effervescent, 35 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; continuous calcium carbonate coatings on peds; few soft calcium carbonate masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear wavy boundary. (10 to 21 inches thick)
C--50 to 60 inches; very pale brown (10YR 8/2) very gravelly sandy loam, light gray (10YR 7/2) moist; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine tubular pores; 45 percent gravel; violently effervescent, 35 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0).
TYPE LOCATION: Mohave County, Arizona; located at a latitude of 34 degrees, 35 minutes, 15 seconds North and a longitude of 114 degrees, 02 minutes, 27 seconds West; 1500 feet west and 900 feet south of the northeast corner of section 4, T.14 N., R.17 W. Gila and Salt River Base Meridian.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Intermittently moist in some part of the soil moisture control section during December - February and for less that 20 days cumulative during July - September. Driest during May and June. Typic aridic soil moisture regime.
Soil Temperature: 61 to 72 degrees F.
Reaction: slightly or moderately alkaline
Depth to the calcic horizon: 5 to 20 inches
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 15 to 40 percent
Rock fragments: averages 15 to 35 percent gravel in the particle-size control section
A horizon
Hue: 10YR, 7.5YR
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 3 through 5 moist
Chroma: 3 or 4, dry or moist
Rock fragments: 0 to 35 percent gravel
BA horizon
Hue: 10YR, 7.5YR
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 3 or 4, dry or moist
Bk horizons
Hue: 10YR, 7.5YR
Value: 6 through 8 dry, 4 through 7 moist
Chroma: 2 through 4, dry or moist
Clay content: 5 to 18 percent
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Agust (TX),
Algerita (NM),
Cronese (CA),
Grapevine (NV),
Guijarral (CA),
Nikey (UT),
Rillino (AZ),
Whitlock (AZ), and Yippen (NM) series. Agust, Algerita, Nikey, Rillino, Whitlock, and Yippen soils are moist in the control section more than 20 days cumulative during July-September. Cronese soils have durinodes. Grapevine soils average less than 15 percent rock fragments in the control section. Juijarral soils are dry in all parts from April to January and are in MLRA 17.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Kinley soils are on fan terraces. Slopes range from 1 to 35 percent. These soils formed in alluvium from mixed sources. Elevations range from 1,600 to 3,500 feet. The mean annual precipitation is 6 to 12 inches. The mean annual air temperature is 59 to 70 degrees F. The frost-free period is 200 to 250 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Arizo,
Castaneda,
Franconia,
Ireteba,
Mohon,
Wikieup and
Yucca soils. Castaneda soils are moderately deep to a hardpan. Arizo, Franconia, Ireteba and Yucca soils do not have a calcic horizon. Mohon soils are fine textured. Wikieup soils are shallow to bedrock.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; medium or high runoff; moderately rapid permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used for livestock grazing and wildlife habitat. Vegetation includes big galleta, bush muhly, black grama, creosotebush, white bursage and rayless goldenhead.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northwestern Arizona. This series is of moderate extent. MLRA is 30. The name is from a local ranch.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: PHOENIX, ARIZONA
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Mohave County, Arizona; Soil survey of Mohave County, Arizona, Central Part; 2005.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - The zone from 0 to 2 inches (A horizon)
Calcic horizon - The zone from 9 to 50 inches (Bk, Bk2, Bk3, Bk4 horizons)
Series originally proposed in Mohave County, Arizona; Soil survey of Mohave County, Arizona, Southern Part; 1993.
Responsibility for this series was transferred from Davis to Phoenix 9/2015. The last revision to the series was 6/2005. ET
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.