IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kimbrough
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964AZ003026
  • User Pedon ID: S1964AZ003026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964AZ003026
  • User Site Association ID: AZ665-pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3602
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39267
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 32.0344429
  • Std. Longitude: -109.4569473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 560 feet south and 150 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 29 miles ESE of Willcox, Arizona via State Highway 186. 1/2 mile NNE on a ranch road which intersects Highway 186 at a small cemetery. Pit is 400 feet east of ranch road on ridgetop.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Jay and M. L. Richardson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Petrocalcic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 26
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimbrough
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimbrough
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/1964 (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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    ERIN

    LYCUR

    LYCUR

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Eragrostis intermedia

    Lycurus

    Lycurus

    black grama

    blue grama

    blue grama

    plains lovegrass

    wolfstail

    wolfstail

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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

    2

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    381

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    13.9

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    23.3

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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27714; moist when described;
    C1CAM—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, indurated; 0.0 roots; 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27715; moist when described;
    2C2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive parts to weak fine granular; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27716; moist when described;
    3C3CA—53 to 104 centimeters (20.9 to 40.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; gravel; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27717; moist when described;
    4C4—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A27718; moist when described;
    5C5CA—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; gravel; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27719; moist when described;
    6C6—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; Error; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27720; moist when described;
    7C7CA—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; gravel; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent; 0.0 roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27721; moist when described;