IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cave
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969AZ019005
  • User Pedon ID: S1969AZ019005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43779
  • 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: 32.1486130
  • Std. Longitude: -110.9822235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1,420 feet west and 50 feet north of southeast corner
  • Location Description: approximately 30 feet north of Drexel Road, about 3 miles south of intersection of Ajo Road and I-10 in Tucson.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ019—Pima

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Y. H. Havens and D. M. Hendricks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cave
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1969
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • 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: 10/9/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    3

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    754

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    279

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    20.6

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C01096; dry when described;
    C1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01097; dry when described;
    C2CAM—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravel; massive; slightly hard, indurated; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01098; dry when described;
    C3CAM—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravel; massive; extremely hard, very firm, strongly coherent; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C01099; dry when described;
    C4CAM—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravel; massive; very hard, very firm, strongly coherent; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C01100; dry when described;