IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mohall
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959AZ013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959AZ013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959AZ013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33765
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 33.8102760
  • Std. Longitude: -112.6311111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1,650 feet east and 300 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Maricopa County Area - Northern Part. 100 feet east of road about 3 miles south of Morristown.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Milo James
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mohall
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/16/1959
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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: 1/16/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    OPSP2

    PARKI2

    PARKI2

    PLEUR12

    PLEUR12

    Opuntia spinosior

    Parkinsonia

    Parkinsonia

    Pleuraphis

    Pleuraphis

    walkingstick cactus

    paloverde

    paloverde

    galleta grass

    galleta grass

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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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    515

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    180

    229

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    21.1

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05200; dry when described;
    B1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05201; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 187624; patchy - phpvsfiid 187624
    B21—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05202; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187625; continuous - phpvsfiid 187625
    B22—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05203; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187626; continuous - phpvsfiid 187626
    B3CA—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05204; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 187615; patchy - phpvsfiid 187615
    C1CAM—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; loam; massive; very hard, firm, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A05205; dry when described;
    C2CAM—137 to 193 centimeters (53.9 to 76.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; loam; massive; very hard, firm, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05206; dry when described;
    C3—193 to 249 centimeters (76.0 to 98.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 30 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A05207; dry when described;. strongly calcareous with an occasional hard carbonate concretion