IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valencia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986AZ019002
  • User Pedon ID: 86AZ019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0560
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58365
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.4605560
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0138855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ019—Pima

    • PEDON

  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valencia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valencia
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Fluventic Cambor
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1986 (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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    1C1—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; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03231. Structure is weakly stratified.; many very fine roots
    1C2—3 to 25 centimeters (1.2 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03232. Weakly stratified.; common very fine roots
    1Bw1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03233. Few fine lime accumulations in root channels and pores.; common fine roots
    1Bw2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03234. Common medium lime accumulations in root channels and pores.; few fine roots
    2Btknb1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules and 11 percent medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03235. common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few lime nodules concentrations; few fine roots
    2Btknb2—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03236. few medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots
    2Btknb3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P03237. few medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine roots