IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kimbrough
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964AZ003027
  • User Pedon ID: S1964AZ003027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964AZ003027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3603
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39268
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 31.9933338
  • Std. Longitude: -109.4580536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet north and 400 feet west of the south 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 30 miles southeast of Willcox, Arizona. 3/4 mile south and 1.3 miles west of the intersection of State Highways 181 and 186 leading to the Chiricahua National Monument.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Jay and M. L. Richardson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Petrocalcic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 27
  • 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

    SPCR

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Eragrostis intermedia

    Lycurus

    Lycurus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    black grama

    blue grama

    blue grama

    plains lovegrass

    wolfstail

    wolfstail

    sand dropseed

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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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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    1509

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    381

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    17.8

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    A1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27722; moist when described;
    C1CAM—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; gravel; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, indurated; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium and coarse 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 # 40A27723; moist when described;
    2C2—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; gravelly loam; massive parts to moderate fine and medium granular; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27724; moist when described;
    3C3CA—86 to 135 centimeters (33.9 to 53.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; gravelly loam; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, strongly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular and 3.0 interstitial and tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27725; moist when described;
    4C4—135 to 203 centimeters (53.1 to 79.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 21 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose, friable, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A27726; moist when described;