IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bernardino
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969AZ003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969AZ003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969AZ003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0208
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43781
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 31.7425003
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9511108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2,300 feet east and 800 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description: south side of road. About 3 miles NE of Tombstone on Gleeson Road.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Y. H. Havens and D. M. Hendricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Ustic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernardino
  • PSC - 5 to 45 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernardino
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    GUTIE

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia

    Yucca

    black grama

    blue grama

    blue grama

    snakeweed

    yucca

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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

    10

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    1503

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    356

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    17.2

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C01108; dry when described;
    B21T—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01109; dry when described;
    B22T—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01110; dry when described;
    B23T—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01111; dry when described;
    B3T—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01112; dry when described;
    C1—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified.; dry when described;. slightly effervescent in spots; this layer is discontinuous
    C2ca—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); white (7.5YR 8/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01113; dry when described;. strata are 1 to 3 inches thick; strongly effervescent in brown strata.
    C3ca—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); white (7.5YR 8/1) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C01114; dry when described;. strata are 2 to 5 inches thick; strongly effervescent in brown strata.