IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cristobal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984AZ027003
  • User Pedon ID: 84AZ027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0628
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54872
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 32.8519440
  • Std. Longitude: -114.0074997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet S and 500 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: Yuma County, Arizona. Northern Part.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ027—Yuma
  • MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ657—Kofa Area, Arizona, Parts of La Paz and Yuma Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cristobal
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cristobal
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03512
    Az—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03513
    Btkz1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03514. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 235728; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 235728
    Btkz2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 21 percent medium irregular carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03515. patchy - phpvsfiid 235729; patchy - phpvsfiid 235729
    Btkz3—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 21 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03516. patchy - phpvsfiid 235731; patchy - phpvsfiid 235731
    Btkz4—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 3 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 84P03517. continuous - phpvsfiid 235733; continuous - phpvsfiid 235733