IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sasco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ021011
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ021011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0484
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54728
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.7564888
  • Std. Longitude: -111.2865295
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet E and 2225 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ021—Pinal

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Hall, D. Breckenfeld, and C. Glocker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, marly, hyperthermic Typic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sasco
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sasco
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, hyperthermic Fluventic Cambor
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: 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

    0—5

    5—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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    24

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    225

    15

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    1A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02616. common very fine roots
    1Bw1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02617. common very fine roots
    1Bw2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02618. common very fine roots
    1Bk1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02619. few very fine roots
    1Bk2—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02620. 3 cm stratified material sicl.; few very fine roots
    1Bk3—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02621. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Bk4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02622. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds