IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rositas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973AZ027007
  • User Pedon ID: S1973AZ027007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973AZ027007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44650
  • 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: 32.9139709
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5418701
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Yuma County, Arizona, Lower Gila River Area-649. about 2 1/2 miles north of the Dateland Interchange.
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ027—Yuma
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ649—Yuma-Wellton Area, Parts of Yuma County, Arizona and Imperial County, California

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rositas
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: Dateland, gently sloping mesa
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    2FA

    AMDU2

    ATRIP

    LATR2

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    Ambrosia dumosa

    Atriplex

    Larrea tridentata

    Forb, annual

    burrobush

    saltbush

    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

    2.5

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    124.9

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    180

    165

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    22.5

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    A11—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00112
    A12—12 to 53 centimeters (4.7 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.1 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00113
    C1—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00114
    C2—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00115
    C3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 73C00116