IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frye
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964AZ003019
  • User Pedon ID: S1964AZ003019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964AZ003019
  • User Site Association ID: AZ665-pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0699
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33762
  • 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: 32.4178925
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9645462
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet north and 1050 feet west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 7-1/4 miles west and 10-1/3 miles north of Willcox, Arizona on feet Grant Road.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Jay and M. L. Richardson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Abruptic Argidurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frye
  • PSC - 15 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frye
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: valley
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1964 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BORO2

    BORO2

    SPCR

    SPCR

    Bouteloua rothrockii

    Bouteloua rothrockii

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Rothrock's grama

    Rothrock's grama

    sand dropseed

    sand dropseed

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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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    1306

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    305

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    14.4

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05171; moist when described;
    A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05172; moist when described;
    B1—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05173; moist when described;
    B21T—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05174; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 187514; continuous - phpvsfiid 187514
    B22TCA—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 3 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05175; moist when described;
    B3TCA—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and 3 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05176; moist when described;
    C1CAM—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; strong medium and coarse platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; carbonate coats; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05177; moist when described;
    C2CA—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 21 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05178; moist when described;. Rodents have burrowed through the pans and worked vertically and horizontally at intervals of about 5 to 20 feet. These burrows are backfilled with a mixture of materials from all horizons. Roots and water enter the softer lower horizons through these fractures, making the material somewhat effective for root growth and water retention.
    C3CA—94 to 125 centimeters (37.0 to 49.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent; 0.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05179; moist when described;
    2C4—125 to 163 centimeters (49.2 to 64.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine gravelly sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; black (5YR 2/1) black stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05180; moist when described;. black coatings on some gravel; is basalt gravel up to 1/2 inch diameter