IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAHUARITA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974AZ019005
  • User Pedon ID: S1974AZ019005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974AZ019005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44937
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 32.1447220
  • Std. Longitude: -110.7799988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet E and 1500 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ019—Pima
  • MLRA: 40—Sonoran Basin and Range
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ669—Pima County, Arizona, Eastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ML Richardson, James Jay, Russel Barmore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAHUARITA
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Latene
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: nearly level slope valley
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/18/1974 (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

    CAGI7

    DAPU7

    FOSP2

    LATR2

    PARKI2

    Carnegia gigantea

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Fouquieria splendens

    Larrea tridentata

    Parkinsonia

    saguaro

    low woollygrass

    ocotillo

    creosote bush

    paloverde

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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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    860

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C01037
    B21t—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01038
    B22t—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01039
    B23t—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01040
    C1ca—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01041
    B2tcab—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01042
    2Ccab—100 to 152 centimeters (39.4 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 74C01043