IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Verhalen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AZ003012
  • User Pedon ID: 79AZ003012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0274
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47007
  • 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: 31.4775009
  • Std. Longitude: -109.5650024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 397 meters S and 366 meters W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Cochise County, AZ. 11 km N of Douglas.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. S. Pease and S. D. Hutchinson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Verhalen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Mollic Torrerts
  • 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: 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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium platy, and strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01453. common very fine and fine roots
    1A12—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01454. many very fine and fine roots
    1A13—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 37 percent pressure faces; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01455. Many exped cracks. Short slickensides.; common pressure faces surface features; common very fine and fine roots
    1A14—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; clay; strong medium and coarse platy structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent pressure faces; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01456. Short slickensides.; common pressure faces surface features; few very fine roots
    1Cca—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films between sand grains and 15 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent white (N 8/0) carbonate coats; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01457. few clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few lime or carbonate coats surface features; few very fine roots
    2B2tcab—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, moist; clay; 30 percent pink (5YR 8/3) medium prominent mottles; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01458. Violently effervescent on lime features.; many fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many medium prominent 5YR83 mottles