IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Karro
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1979AZ003005
User Pedon ID:
79AZ003005
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
79P0267
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
47000
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
31.6605549
Std. Longitude:
-109.6347198
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
20S
Range:
27E
Section:
30
PLSS Details:
31 meters E and 519 meters N of the SW corner
Location Description:
Cochise County, AZ. 5 km E 2 km S of Elfrida.
State:
Arizona
County:
AZ003—Cochise
PEDON
Describers Name:
S. D. Hutchinson and M. L. Richardson
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
5
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Karro
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, carbonatic Ustollic Calciorthids
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1979
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
coastal plain
Landform:
plain
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 -
crop 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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
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1274
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180
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1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01412. common very fine and fine roots
1A12—15 to 35 centimeters (5.9 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01413. Many gopher burrows.; common very fine and fine roots
1C1ca—35 to 63 centimeters (13.8 to 24.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, moist; clay loam; massive, and moderate medium platy; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent coarse carbonate concretions and 30 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01414. Lime concretions within a matrix of soft lime.; many fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; many coarse lime concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
1C2ca—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, moist; loam; massive, and moderate medium platy; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent coarse carbonate concretions and 30 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01415. Lime concretions within a matrix of soft lime.; many fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; many coarse lime concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine and fine roots
1C3ca—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent coarse carbonate concretions and 30 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01416. Lime concretions within a matrix of soft lime.; many fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; many coarse lime concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
2B21tca—112 to 155 centimeters (44.1 to 61.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01417. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots