IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonoita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973AZ009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973AZ009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973AZ009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0122
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44756
  • 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: 32.5740013
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6853790
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet north and 800 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 38—Sonoita gravelly sandy loam
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ009—Graham
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ664—San Simon Area Parts of Cochise Graham and Greenlee Counties, Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoita
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 8 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granite and/or alluvium derived from mixed
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1973 (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

    BOUTE

    GUTIE

    ISTE2

    PROSO

    Bouteloua

    Gutierrezia

    Isocoma tenuisecta

    Prosopis

    grama

    snakeweed

    burroweed

    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

    2.5

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    1237

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    45

    279

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00818
    Bt2—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00819
    B3—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00820
    Cac1—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00821
    Cac2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) very fine mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00822
    Batcb2—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 3 percent pink (5YR 7/3) medium mottles; massive, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 73C00823