IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Signal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973AZ003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1973AZ003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973AZ003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44755
  • Print Date: 4/14/2025

    • 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: 32.4059486
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7067642
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2800 feet N and 20 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ003—Cochise

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Signal
  • PSC - 15 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge top, dissected terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    PLMU3

    PROSO

    Acacia greggii

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Prosopis

    catclaw acacia

    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

    8

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    1347.2

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    90

    304

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00810
    A12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00811
    B21T—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent pressure faces; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00812
    B22T—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent pressure faces; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00813
    B23T—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; very gravelly clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent pressure faces; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00814
    B31CA—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 21 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00815
    B32CA—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 21 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00816
    B33CA—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 21 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 73C00817