IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dateland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973AZ027008
  • User Pedon ID: S1973AZ027008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973AZ027008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44651
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 32.8320274
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5418701
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: About 2,300 feet north and 150 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Yuma County, Arizona, Lower Gila River Area-649. Approximately 2 miles north of Dateland interchange on Ave. 64E on west side of road.
  • 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dateland
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: nearly level mesa
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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

    2GA

    AMDE4

    LATR2

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    Ambrosia deltoidea

    Larrea tridentata

    Forb, annual

    Grass, annual

    triangle bur ragweed

    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

    0.5

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    137.2

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    90

    165

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    22.5

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak very thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent durinodes; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00117
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; loamy fine sand; weak very thin platy parts to massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent durinodes; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00118
    B1T—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent durinodes; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00119
    B21T—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent durinodes; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00120
    2B22TCAS—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 25 percent durinodes and 21 percent medium irregular pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00121
    2B23TCAS—107 to 138 centimeters (42.1 to 54.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent durinodes and 21 percent medium irregular pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate masses; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00122
    2B3TB—138 to 154 centimeters (54.3 to 60.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent durinodes and 21 percent medium irregular pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # 73C00123