IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Casa Grande
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971AZ013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1971AZ013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43875
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 33.3705559
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8430557
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: The site is located 600 feet west and 40 feet north of the SE corner of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 15 miles west of Buckeye.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Nettleton, J. Jay, G. Hartman, R. Schurig, F. Cook
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Casa Grande
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Natrargids
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/1971
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: valley
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/12/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

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    A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    A12—6 to 20 centimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    B2tca—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00094; dry when described;. a 1-1/2 inch stratum of fine, medium and coarse gravel at the bottom of horizon; common fine white irregularly shaped soft lime masses and lime filaments
    IIB2TCA—39 to 67 centimeters (15.4 to 26.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; strong fine prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 21 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments. Lab sample # 71C00094; dry when described;. many fine and medium white irregularly shaped soft lime masses