IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pahaka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ013007
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ013007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54749
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 33.2780571
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0508347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 73 meters N and 365 meters W of the SE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa
  • MLRA: 40—Sonoran Basin and Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. E. Jacoby and R. C. Herriman
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pahaka
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Camborthids
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1984 (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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    1A1—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; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02763. many very fine roots
    1A2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02764. many very fine roots
    1AB—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02765. common very fine roots
    1Bw1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02766. many very fine roots
    1Bw2—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent spherical lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02767. few very fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots
    1Btkb—86 to 115 centimeters (33.9 to 45.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films between sand grains; 30 percent spherical lime masses and 30 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02768. many very fine and fine soft masses of lime concentrations; many medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots
    1Bkb—115 to 152 centimeters (45.3 to 59.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; 32 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02769. many fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations