IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Faraway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968AZ003007
  • User Pedon ID: S1968AZ003007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968AZ003007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0143
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43595
  • 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: 31.4283333
  • Std. Longitude: -110.4388885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet north and 1000 feet east of SW corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 12.5 miles N.E. of Lochiel, Arizona, 200 feet north of Highway 83 and 300 feet east of entrance to Parker Canyon recreation area. Photo AMS 663. F.S. EEX-22-42.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Havens, Richardson and Clemmons
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Lithic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Faraway
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Faraway
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AMS 663
  • 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

    ARIST

    ARIST

    BOCH

    BOCH

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    ERIN

    JUNIP

    LYCUR

    LYCUR

    MURI2

    QUERC

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Bouteloua chondrosioides

    Bouteloua chondrosioides

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Eragrostis intermedia

    Juniperus

    Lycurus

    Lycurus

    Muhlenbergia rigens

    Quercus

    threeawn

    threeawn

    sprucetop grama

    sprucetop grama

    blue grama

    blue grama

    plains lovegrass

    juniper

    wolfstail

    wolfstail

    deergrass

    oak

    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

    15

    1707

    0

    508

    13.3

    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C01034; moist when described;
    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; cobbly clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C01031; moist when described;
    A12—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C01032; moist when described;
    R—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very cobbly loam; pink (5YR 8/3) and 21 percent pale red (10R 6/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; gibbsite nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 68C01033; moist when described;