IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Casa Grande
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971AZ013009
  • User Pedon ID: S1971AZ013009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43874
  • 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: 33.4327774
  • Std. Longitude: -113.1227798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1130 feet east and 980 feet south of NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Jay, W. Nettleton, G. Hartman, R. Schurig, F. Cook
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Casa Grande
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Natrargids
  • PSC - 7 to 57 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/1971
  • 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: 4/13/1971 (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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    357

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    178

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00087; dry when described;
    B21TCA—7 to 16 centimeters (2.8 to 6.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00088; dry when described;
    B22TCA—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 21 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00089; dry when described;
    B31TCA—36 to 65 centimeters (14.2 to 25.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00090; dry when described;
    B32TCA—65 to 92 centimeters (25.6 to 36.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; clay loam; massive; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00091; dry when described;
    C1CA—92 to 130 centimeters (36.2 to 51.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 21 percent fine and medium noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00092; dry when described;
    C2—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint white (10YR 8/1); fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 71C00093; dry when described;