IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinez
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968AZ003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1968AZ003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968AZ003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0146
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43598
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 31.3649998
  • Std. Longitude: -110.4136124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 13.5 miles southwest of Fort Huachuca and approximately 5 miles south-southwest of Parker Canyon Lodge. 1.3 miles SW of intersection of Forest Service roads 48 and 227 and 100 feet north of road 227. Approximately 1600 feet west and 350 feet south of N
  • Location Description: 1.3 miles SW of intersection of Forest Service roads 48 and 227 and 100 feet north of road 227. Approximately 1600 feet west and 350 feet south of NE corner Sec. 9, T24S, R19E. Photo AMS 692, F.S. EEX 20-169.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clemmons and Havens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Vertic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinez
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinez
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1968
  • 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: 10/15/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AMS 692
  • 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

    ACPE13

    ARIST

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    BORA

    ERAGR

    LYCUR

    LYCUR

    Achnatherum perplexum

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua radicosa

    Eragrostis

    Lycurus

    Lycurus

    New Mexico needlegrass

    threeawn

    threeawn

    blue grama

    blue grama

    purple grama

    lovegrass

    wolfstail

    wolfstail

    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

    1615

    225

    457

    13.9

    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; gravelly loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C01052; moist when described;
    A—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C01059; moist when described;
    A12—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C01053; moist when described;
    B1T—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C01054; moist when described;
    B21T—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C01055; moist when described;
    B22T—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C01056; moist when described;
    B23T—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent pressure faces and 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C01057; moist when described;
    B3T—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; gravelly clay; red (2.5YR 4/8) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 68C01058; moist when described;