IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gadsden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AZ027005
  • User Pedon ID: 81AZ027005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0384
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49228
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.6942215
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4707947
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: Approx. 609 meters W and 15 meters S of NE corner
  • Location Description: South end of reservation and 548 meters E of Mohave Rd.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ012—La Paz

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C.Nerriman W. D. Nettleton and D. M. Hendricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic Vertic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gadsden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic Vertic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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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    1A11—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02091
    1A12—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02092. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots
    1A13—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent pressure faces; 11 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02093. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common pressure faces surface features
    1A14—23 to 70 centimeters (9.1 to 27.6 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak very fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent pressure faces; 30 percent fine and medium threadlike lime masses and 30 percent fine and medium threadlike salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02094. many fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; many fine and medium salt masses concentrations; common pressure faces surface features
    1A15—70 to 100 centimeters (27.6 to 39.4 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; skeletans; 30 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02095. many fine soft masses of lime concentrations
    1A16—100 to 130 centimeters (39.4 to 51.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02096. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations