IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cogswell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AZ003008
  • User Pedon ID: 79AZ003008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0270
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47003
  • 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: 31.7022228
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7230530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 244 meters W and 214 meters N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Cochise County, AZ. 4 km W 2 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cogswell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Pachic Calciustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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:
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01430. many very fine and fine roots
    1A12—13 to 51 centimeters (5.1 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01431. Few fine and medium lime veins.; many very fine and fine roots
    1C1ca—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01432. many medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    1C2ca—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; clay; massive, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01433. Many medium lime bodies.; common very fine and fine roots
    2C3ca—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01434. common lime or carbonate coats surface features; few very fine and fine roots
    3C4ca—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay; massive, and moderate fine subangular blocky; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01435. many lime or carbonate coats surface features; few very fine roots
    4C5ca—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Not sampled.