IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gothard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964AZ003021
  • User Pedon ID: S1964AZ003021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964AZ003021
  • User Site Association ID: AZ665-pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3557
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39222
  • 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: 32.0222206
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8097229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet east and 350 feet north of the S 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 16 miles south and 1-1/4 miles east of Willcox, Arizona via Kansas Settlement road.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Jay and M. L. Richardson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gothard
  • PSC - 5 to 8 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gothard
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1964 (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

    ATCO

    ATCO

    SPAI

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Sporobolus airoides

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    alkali sacaton

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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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    1277

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    305

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    14.4

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    20.6

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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27434; moist when described;
    B2T—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; 1 percent fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27435; moist when described;
    CCA—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) and white (10YR 8/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; clay; 21 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine faint mottles; massive parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27436; moist when described;
    2B2TCAB—51 to 102 centimeters (20.1 to 40.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; clay; brown (7.5YR 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 21 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27437; moist when described;
    2C1CA—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 1 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) fine faint mottles; massive; extremely hard, firm, weakly coherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27438; moist when described;
    3C2—130 to 147 centimeters (51.2 to 57.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; sandy loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine and medium mottles; massive; extremely hard, firm, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27439; moist when described;
    4C3—147 to 175 centimeters (57.9 to 68.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) mottles; massive; extremely hard, firm, weakly coherent by silica, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.1 very coarse tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27440; moist when described;