IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laveen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967AZ013013
  • User Pedon ID: S1967AZ013013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967AZ013013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42948
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 33.3655548
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1861115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1090 feet north and 160 feet west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1 mile west of Laveen.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Hartman, S. Torrance
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laveen
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Calciorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1967
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • 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

    CATI

    Carthamus tinctorius

    safflower

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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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    314

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    45

    203

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    21.1

    32.2

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    AP1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00651; moist when described;
    AP2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00652; moist when described;
    C1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00653; moist when described;
    C2CA—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent spherical weakly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions and 3 percent fine and medium noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00654; moist when described;
    C3CA—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 21 percent medium and coarse noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses and 3 percent medium and coarse spherical strongly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00655; moist when described;
    C4CA—127 to 213 centimeters (50.0 to 83.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium spherical strongly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions and 21 percent medium and coarse noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00656; moist when described;
    C5—213 to 249 centimeters (83.9 to 98.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent spherical carbonate concretions and 30 percent noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments. Lab sample # 67C00657; moist when described;