IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harqua
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971AZ013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1971AZ013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43879
  • 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: 33.3380547
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9024963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet north and 400 feet west of the SE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. D. Nettleton, J. E. Jay, G. Hartman, R. G. Schurig, F. Cook
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harqua
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Natrargids
  • PSC - 15 to 65 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 yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00116; dry when described;
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00117; dry when described;
    B21TCA—15 to 19 centimeters (5.9 to 7.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fine and medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; irregular noncoherent cemented pink (7.5YR 8/4) lime masses and 3 percent fine and medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2); 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00118; dry when described;
    B22TCA—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; irregular noncoherent cemented pink (7.5YR 8/4) lime masses and 21 percent fine and medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2); 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00119; dry when described;
    B23TCA—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 21 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00120; dry when described;
    B31TCA—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00121; dry when described;
    B32TCA—76 to 88 centimeters (29.9 to 34.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 21 percent fine and medium lime masses; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00122; dry when described;. many coarse and medium seams of lime and strata of volcanic ash
    B33TCA—88 to 111 centimeters (34.6 to 43.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; carbonate concretions and 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00123; dry when described;
    2C1CA—111 to 127 centimeters (43.7 to 50.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 21 percent fine and medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) lime masses; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00124; dry when described;. many fine and medium pinkish white seams of lime and strata of volcanic ash
    2C2CA—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent yellow (2.5Y 8/6) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 71C00125; dry when described;