IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Signal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973AZ003003
  • User Pedon ID: S1973AZ003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973AZ003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44754
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.3948402
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6906509
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet S and 400 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: San Simons Area.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Signal
  • PSC - 18 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dissected, strongly sloping alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACGR

    PASM

    PLMU3

    PROSO

    Acacia greggii

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Prosopis

    catclaw acacia

    western wheatgrass

    tobosagrass

    mesquite

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    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

    13

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    1356.4

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    304

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    A11—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00802
    A12—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00803
    B21T—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent organic stains on all faces of peds and 75 percent pressure faces; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00804
    B22T—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; gravelly clay; 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00805
    B31CA—56 to 77 centimeters (22.0 to 30.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pink (5YR 7/3) and white (5YR 8/1), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive parts to moderate fine subangular blocky; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00806
    B32CA—77 to 104 centimeters (30.3 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00807
    B33CA—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), white (5YR 8/1) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00808
    C—132 to 178 centimeters (52.0 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 60 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 73C00809