IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tres Hermanos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973AZ009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1973AZ009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44759
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.7442741
  • Std. Longitude: -109.3442535
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 3,700 feet east and 200 feet south of NW corner
  • Location Description: Graham County, Arizona. San Simon Area.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ009—Graham
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ673—Graham County, Arizona, Southwestern Part

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tres Hermanos
  • PSC - 13 to 27 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: nearly level alluvial fan
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    durinodes

    27—38

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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

    1

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    1243.6

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    270

    254

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00834
    B1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00835
    B2T—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00836
    B3—27 to 38 centimeters (10.6 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00837
    C1CA—38 to 49 centimeters (15.0 to 19.3 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2), white (5YR 8/1), dry; gravelly loam; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00838
    C2SICAM—49 to 98 centimeters (19.3 to 38.6 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2), white (N 8/0), dry; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00839
    C3CA—98 to 124 centimeters (38.6 to 48.8 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), white (N 8/0), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 73C00840