IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Casa Grande
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ021001
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0474
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54718
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.9199982
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5483322
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 225 feet E and 1055 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ021—Pinal

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Glocker, J. Hall, and W. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Casa Grande
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Casa Grande
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1984
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1984 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    28—112

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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

    1

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    436

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    315

    15

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    1A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02552. common fine roots
    1E—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02553. common fine roots
    1Bn—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02554. common fine roots
    1Btkn1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02555. Silt-sized lime.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine roots
    1Btkn2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02556. Silt-sized lime.; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230062; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230062
    1Btkn3—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02557. Silt-sized lime.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230063; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230063
    1Btkn4—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02558. Silt-sized lime.; few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores
    1Bkn1—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 11 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02559. Silt-sized lime.; common medium soft masses of lime concentrations
    1Bkn2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02560. common medium soft masses of lime concentrations