IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Courtland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AZ003004
  • User Pedon ID: 79AZ003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0266
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46999
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 31.6858330
  • Std. Longitude: -109.5941696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 610 meters E and 61 meters N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Cochise County, AZ. 9 km E of Elfrida.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. L. Richardson and S. D. Hutchinson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Courtland
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Ustollic Haplargids
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    1A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01406. few very fine roots
    1A12—1 to 15 centimeters (0.4 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01407. Less than 5% fine gravel.; common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01408. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B21t—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent clay films between sand grains; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01409. common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features between sand grains; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    2B22t—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy clay; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01410. common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots
    2B23t—81 to 137 centimeters (31.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films between sand grains and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01411. common clay films surface features between sand grains; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots