IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967AZ013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1967AZ013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42944
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 33.3483315
  • Std. Longitude: -113.1094437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 40 feet north and 400 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 16 miles west-southwest of Tonopah.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Hartman, S. Torrance, J. Jay
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Paleargids
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1967
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1967 (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
    • 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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    387

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    152

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    21.1

    33.3

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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 67C00618; dry when described;
    A2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; vesicular pores; 85 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00619; dry when described;
    A+B—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00620; dry when described;
    B2TSA—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00621; dry when described;
    B31TCASA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate threads and medium irregular carbonate concretions; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00622; dry when described;
    B32TCASA—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate threads; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00623; dry when described;
    B33TCA—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fine and medium and 3 percent medium reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00624; dry when described;
    C1CA—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; irregular carbonate concretions and 3 percent medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate threads; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00625; dry when described;
    C2CA—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) calcite crystals; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00626; dry when described;
    2C3CA—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 1 percent clay films; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00627; dry when described;
    3C4—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; clay bridges between sand grains and 1 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 67C00628; dry when described;