IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grabe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AZ003007
  • User Pedon ID: 79AZ003007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0269
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47002
  • 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: 31.7344437
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6794434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 732 meters E and 580 meters N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Cochise County, AZ. 6 km N 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grabe
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Aridic Haplustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01424. common very fine and fine roots
    1A12—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01425. common very fine and fine roots
    1C1—41 to 91 centimeters (16.1 to 35.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01426. common very fine and fine roots
    1C2—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01427. Few very fine lime veins line pores.; few very fine and fine roots
    1C3—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; stratified sandy loam to stratified sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01428. few very fine and fine roots
    2B2tb—160 to 188 centimeters (63.0 to 74.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01429. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots