IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971AZ013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1971AZ013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43878
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 33.3327789
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8977814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1130 feet east and 270 feet south of the NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. D. Nettleton, J. Jay, G. Hartman, R. Schurig and F. Cook
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/1971
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/13/1971 (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
    • 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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00109; dry when described;
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00110; dry when described;
    B21TCA—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 21 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00111; dry when described;
    B22TCA—31 to 58 centimeters (12.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 21 percent medium and coarse irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00112; dry when described;
    B31TCA—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent coarse irregular pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00113; dry when described;
    B32TCA—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00114; dry when described;
    2C1—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay; massive; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; carbonate concretions and 3 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00115; dry when described;