IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Superstition
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973AZ027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973AZ027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973AZ027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44095
  • 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: 32.4903641
  • Std. Longitude: -114.7002335
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 227 feet W and 1633 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Yuma County, Arizona; Lower Gila River Area-649; about 0.3 miles south of County 23
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ027—Yuma
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ649—Yuma-Wellton Area, Parts of Yuma County, Arizona and Imperial County, California

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, hyperthermic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Superstition
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, hyperthermic
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: old colorado river alluvium
  • Landform: Yuma mesa
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/1973 (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

    LATR2

    Larrea tridentata

    creosote bush

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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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    50.3

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    180

    127

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    22.5

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; weak very fine platy structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00069
    A12—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00070
    C1—16 to 38 centimeters (6.3 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00071
    C2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00072
    C3CA—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; 1 percent fine irregular pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00073
    C4ca—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 21.0 interstitial pores; 3 percent fine irregular pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00074
    2C5—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00075
    2C6—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 73C00076