IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bigetty
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AZ003006
  • User Pedon ID: 79AZ003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47001
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 31.7208328
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6680527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 763 meters N and 122 meters E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Cochise County, AZ. 4 km N 2 km E 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bigetty
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Cumulic Haplustolls
  • 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: low
  • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01420. few very fine roots
    1A12—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01421. few very fine roots
    1B2—36 to 99 centimeters (14.2 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01422
    2C1—99 to 178 centimeters (39.0 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01423