IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Why
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ021007
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ021007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0480
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54724
  • 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: 32.9833336
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1416702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 175 feet E and 100 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ021—Pinal

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Hall and D. Breckenfeld.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Fluventic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Why
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Why
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Fluventic Cambor
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    5—140

    140—152

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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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    399

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    180

    18

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    1A—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; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02594. Thin organic stains on some of the layers (discontinuous).; common fine roots
    1Bw1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02595. very few lime or carbonate coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217128; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217128
    1Bw2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02596. few very fine roots
    1Bk1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02597. few very fine roots
    1Bk2—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02598. few very fine roots
    1Bk3—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02599. few very fine roots
    2Btkb—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02600. few very fine roots