IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kamato
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ013001
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0498
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54742
  • Print Date: 1/27/2025

    • 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: 33.2150002
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9727783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 475 meters S and 475 meters E of the NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa
  • MLRA: 40—Sonoran Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. D. Camp R. C. Herriman and H. E. Jacoby
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kamato
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natrargids
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: bolson
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1984 (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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    1Anz—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02702. many very fine roots
    1Enz—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 12 percent clay; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02703. many very fine roots
    1EBnz—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium dark nodules; 11 percent fine and medium cylindrical lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02704. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few medium dark nodules concentrations; common very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217153; patchy - phpvsfiid 217153
    1EBtnz—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium cylindrical lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02705. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217154; patchy - phpvsfiid 217154
    1Btknz1—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent medium and coarse cylindrical lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02706. many medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217155; patchy - phpvsfiid 217155
    1Btknz2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent medium and coarse cylindrical lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02707. few medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217157; patchy - phpvsfiid 217158; patchy - phpvsfiid 217157; patchy - phpvsfiid 217158
    1Btknzy—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay; 54 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent coarse spherical gypsum masses and 30 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02708. Dominantly ev with spots of noneffervescent. Many medium and coarse rounded soft accumulations of CaCO3 and soft crystals also, many fine and medium rounded and platy gypsum crystals.; many medium and coarse lime concretions concentrations; many coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 217159; patchy - phpvsfiid 217159
    2Btknz1—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine irregular salt masses and 1 percent fine and medium spherical gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02709. Dominantly ev with spots of noneffervescent. Few fine irregular soft accumulations of CaCO3.; few fine and medium masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine salt masses concentrations; few clay films surface features between sand grains
    2Btknz2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular salt masses and 1 percent fine and medium spherical gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02710. Dominantly ev with spots of noneffervescent. Few fine irregular soft accumultaions of CaCO3.; few fine and medium masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine salt masses concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds