IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Superstition
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AZ027006
  • User Pedon ID: 81AZ027006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49229
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 34.1227760
  • Std. Longitude: -114.2502747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: about 2500 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: Yuma County, AZ: Approx 2 mi SE of Parker, AZ.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ012—La Paz

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.C. Herriman, W.D. Nettleton, D.M. Hendricks
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Superstition
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Calciorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • 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
  • 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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    24

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    1A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02097. many fine roots
    1B21t—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02098
    1B22—8 to 19 centimeters (3.1 to 7.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02099. Fwe gypsum filament.
    1B3ca—19 to 32 centimeters (7.5 to 12.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02100. Few soft white (10YR 8/2) lime masses.
    1C1ca—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02101. common fine lime nodules concentrations
    1C2ca—60 to 85 centimeters (23.6 to 33.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 11 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02102. common medium lime nodules concentrations
    1C3ca—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02103. few fine lime nodules concentrations
    2C4—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 81P02104. Pebbles coated on underside with CaCO3.