IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chuckawalla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980AZ013007
  • User Pedon ID: 80AZ013007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47394
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.9524994
  • Std. Longitude: -112.6299973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 427 meters S and 61 meters E of the NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J P and D B
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chuckawalla
  • PSC - 2 to 35 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chuckawalla
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: high
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    1A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00836. ECe 1.1 mmhos.; common very fine roots throughout
    1B21t—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films between sand grains; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00837. Clay films occur as lining pores. ECe 1.44 mmhos.; common very fine roots throughout
    1B22t—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films between sand grains and clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00838. ECe 30.6 mmhos.; common very fine roots throughout
    1C1ca—17 to 35 centimeters (6.7 to 13.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) interior, pink (5YR 7/3) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00839
    2C2ca—35 to 81 centimeters (13.8 to 31.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 11 percent coarse lime masses; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00840. common coarse soft masses of lime concentrations
    3Bt2—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; clay films between sand grains and carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 11 percent coarse carbonate concretions and 11 percent coarse lime masses; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00841. common coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; common coarse lime concretions concentrations
    3Bt3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; very hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; clay films between sand grains and carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 11 percent coarse carbonate concretions; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00842. common coarse lime concretions concentrations