IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Avondale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980AZ021002
  • User Pedon ID: 80AZ021002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48317
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 33.4049988
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9880524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 574 meters E and 208 meters S of NW corner
  • Location Description: Maricopa County, AZ. Center of plot 2C of Jacksons study.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Avondale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Anthropic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1980 (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); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00102. many very fine and fine roots
    1A12—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00103. common very fine and fine roots
    1C1—33 to 89 centimeters (13.0 to 35.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00104. Split for sampling: 33 to 48 cm sample No. 104, 48 to 69 sample No. 105, 69 to 89 sample No. 106.; few lime concretions concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    1C2—89 to 158 centimeters (35.0 to 62.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00107. About 5 percent by volume of coarse fragments less than 1 cm in diameter; split for sampling: 89 to 107 cm sample No. 107, 107 to 112 sample No. 108, 112 to 158 sample No. 109.; few lime concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    1C3—158 to 213 centimeters (62.2 to 83.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P00110. Horizon is slighty compact in place and contains a few brittle bodies; split for sampling: 158 to 193 cm sample No. 110, 193 to 213 cm sample No. 111; about 5 to 10 percent by volume of threads of white CaCO3.