IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bernardino
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968AZ023014
  • User Pedon ID: S1968AZ023014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968AZ023014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43581
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 31.6591663
  • Std. Longitude: -110.5780563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: approximately the S 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 3-1/2 miles west of Elgin on north side of road opposite a windmill, Photo AMS-255.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ023—Santa Cruz
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ667—Santa Cruz and Parts of Cochise and Pima Counties, Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Havens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ustollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernardino
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ustollic Haplargids
  • PSC - 8 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1968
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AMS-255
  • 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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    BORA

    LYCUR

    LYCUR

    Aristida

    Aristida

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua radicosa

    Lycurus

    Lycurus

    threeawn

    threeawn

    black grama

    blue grama

    blue grama

    purple grama

    wolfstail

    wolfstail

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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

    5

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    1516

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    135

    381

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    16.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00959; dry when described;
    A3—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00960; dry when described;
    B2T—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00961; dry when described;
    B3TCA—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), pink (5YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; 21 percent white (5YR 8/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00962; dry when described;
    CCA—43 to 107 centimeters (16.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and light brown (7.5YR 6/3) mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 68C00963; dry when described;