IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grabe

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1969AZ003012

User Pedon ID: S1969AZ003012

Vegetation Plot ID: S1969AZ003012

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 69C0158

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43731

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: 31.9869442

Std. Longitude: -109.9002762

Datum: WGS84

Township: 17S

Range: 24E

Section: 4

PLSS Details: 2,400 feet south and 800 feet west of the northeast corner

Location Description: West of Cochise Stronghold Road, about 5-1/2 miles north and 5 miles west of Pearce.

State: Arizona

County: AZ003—Cochise

PEDON

Describers Name: D. Richmond, H. Havens, K. Dunstan

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Pachic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 12

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Grabe

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Moisture Class - ustic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Grabe

Classificaton Date - 10/16/1969

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: alluvial fan

Slope Shape Down: concave

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
ARIST ARIST BOER4 DICA8 ISTE2 PLMU3 PLMU3 SPCO4 SPCO4 YUCCA	Aristida Aristida Bouteloua eriopoda Digitaria californica Isocoma tenuisecta Pleuraphis mutica Pleuraphis mutica Sporobolus contractus Sporobolus contractus Yucca	threeawn threeawn black grama Arizona cottontop burroweed tobosagrass tobosagrass spike dropseed spike dropseed yucca	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

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	—	—	1329	—	45	305	—	—	15.6	25.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter andesitic-ash fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00824; dry when described;. 3 to 5 percent by volume of 1/4 to 1-1/2 inch rounded andesite, rhyolite, quartzite, and limestone gravel

A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 69C00830; dry when described;. See Remarks

A12—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; medium and coarse tubular and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00825; dry when described;

A13—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter andesitic-ash fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00826; dry when described;. 2 or 3 percent by volume of 1/4 to 1-1/2 inch rounded andesite, rhyolite, quartzite, and limestone gravel; few fine white threads of soft lime

A14—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 21 percent fine noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter andesitic-ash fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00827; dry when described;. 2 to 3 percent by volume of 1/4 to 1-1/2 rounded andesite, rhyolite, quartzite and limestone gravel; many fine white threads of soft lime

A15—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate threads; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter andesitic-ash fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00828; dry when described;. 2 or 3 percent by volume of 1/4 to 1-1/2 inch rounded andesite, rhyolite, quartzite and limestone gravel; few fine white threads of soft lime

C—100 to 150 centimeters (39.4 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter andesitic-ash fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00829; dry when described;. 3 to 5 percent by volume of 1/8 to 1/2 inch rounded andesite, rhyolite, quartzite and limestone gravel