IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mohave
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969AZ019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969AZ019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969AZ019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0202
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43775
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.1613884
  • Std. Longitude: -111.2108307
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 2,350 feet east of NW corner
  • Location Description: in road cut south side of road. About 16 miles west and 3 miles north of junction of I-10 and Ajo Road in Tucson.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ019—Pima

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Y. H. Havens and D. M. Hendricks
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mohave
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1969
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1969 (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

    ISTE2

    Isocoma tenuisecta

    burroweed

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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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    710

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    279

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    20

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01071; dry when described;
    B1T—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01072; dry when described;
    B21T—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 1 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01073; dry when described;
    B22T—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 3 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01074; dry when described;
    B23TCA—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 21 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01075; dry when described;
    B24TCA—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 21 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01076; dry when described;
    B3CA—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01077; dry when described;
    2CCA—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C01078; dry when described;