IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elfrida
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969AZ003011
  • User Pedon ID: S1969AZ003011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969AZ003011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0157
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43730
  • 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: 32.0530548
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8880539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet north and 2,350 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: East of US Highway 666, about 4-1/2 miles north and 2 miles east of Cochise.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Richmond, H. Havens, K. Dunstan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Pachic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elfrida
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elfrida
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

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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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    1260

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    90

    305

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    15.6

    25.6

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine to coarse tubular and 3.0 fine to coarse pores; carbonate threads and 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00816; dry when described;. few fine white irregularly shaped soft masses and threads of lime
    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 69C00823; dry when described;. See Remarks
    A12—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; carbonate threads and 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00817; dry when described;. few fine white irregularly shaped white soft masses and threads of lime
    A13—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate threads and 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00818; dry when described;. few fine irregularly shaped white soft masses and threads of lime
    A14—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate threads and 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00819; dry when described;. common fine white irregularly shaped soft masses and threads of lime
    A15CA—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00820; dry when described;. about 25 to 30 percent by volume of medium and large white irregularly shaped soft masses of lime
    C1CA—94 to 120 centimeters (37.0 to 47.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00821; dry when described;. about 20 percent by volume of medium and large white irregularly shaped soft masses of lime
    2C2—120 to 160 centimeters (47.2 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00822; dry when described;. about 15 to 20 percent by volume of white fine and medium irregularly shaped soft masses of lime