IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mohall
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AZ013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AZ013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0700
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33763
  • 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: 33.7044449
  • Std. Longitude: -112.5608368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2,376 feet south and 1,050 feet east of northwest corner
  • Location Description: Maricopa County Area - Northern Part. on west side of field road, 6 miles south and 2 miles west of Wittman.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Milo James
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mohall
  • PSC - 3 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/1959
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/15/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    495

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    135

    229

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05181; dry when described;
    B1T—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05182; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 196949; patchy - phpvsfiid 196949
    B21T—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay; weak and moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A05183; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 196950; continuous - phpvsfiid 196950
    B22T—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay; weak and moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05184; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187627; continuous - phpvsfiid 187627
    B23T—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay; moderate coarse and very coarse angular blocky, and very coarse platy structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05185; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 196943; continuous - phpvsfiid 196943
    B24T—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and 3 percent pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05186; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 196945; continuous - phpvsfiid 196945
    C1CA—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay; reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and 3 percent pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) medium and coarse mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 medium continuous tubular and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05187; dry when described;
    C2CA—104 to 142 centimeters (40.9 to 55.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm, strongly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium continuous tubular and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05188; dry when described;
    C3CA—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm, strongly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium continuous tubular and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05189; dry when described;
    C4—178 to 213 centimeters (70.1 to 83.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05190; dry when described;