IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Casa Grande
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ013002
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0499
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54743
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 33.2258339
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9511108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 747 meters S and 762 meters E of the NE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa
  • MLRA: 40—Sonoran Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. D. Camp W. D. Nettleton and R. C. Harriman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Casa Grande
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natrargids
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1984 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    20—99

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    349

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    1Anz—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02711. many very fine roots
    1Enz—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02712. many very fine roots
    1BAnz—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine and medium spherical salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02713. few fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; few fine and medium salt masses concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217163; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217163
    1Btknz1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine and medium spherical salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02714. few fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; few fine and medium salt masses concentrations; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217164; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217164
    1Btknz2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent medium and coarse spherical lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02715. many medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine and fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217165; patchy - phpvsfiid 217165
    1Btknz3—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; prominent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 30 percent medium and coarse spherical lime masses and 30 percent medium and coarse cylindrical lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02716. many medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; many medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 217167; patchy - phpvsfiid 217167
    1Btknz4—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 15 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02717. few fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features between sand grains
    1BCnz1—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02718. Many soft CaCO3 coatings on pebbles.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds
    1BCnz2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent coarse spherical carbonate concretions and 30 percent very coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02719. Dominantly ev with spots that are noneffervescent.; many coarse lime concretions concentrations; many very coarse lime concretions concentrations
    1Btknzb—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 30 percent coarse spherical carbonate concretions and 30 percent very coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02720. many coarse lime concretions concentrations; many very coarse lime concretions concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 217172; patchy - phpvsfiid 217172