IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gadsden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AZ015013
  • User Pedon ID: 82AZ015013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50335
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 34.8797226
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5613861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet E and 570 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ015—Mohave

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), hyperthermic Vertic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gadsden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), hyperthermic Vertic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1982 (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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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; strong medium platy structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00490. many halite crystals concentrations; many very fine roots
    1C1—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00491. many halite crystals concentrations; many very fine roots
    1C2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00492. many manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; many very fine roots
    1C3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; massive; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 30 percent salt crystals; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00493. many halite crystals concentrations; many manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; many very fine roots