IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAHUARITA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974AZ019008
  • User Pedon ID: S1974AZ019008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974AZ019008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44940
  • 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: 32.0905571
  • Std. Longitude: -110.8658371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet NNE of the S 1/4 corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ019—Pima
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ669—Pima County, Arizona, Eastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Jay, ML Richarson, D Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAHUARITA
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2008
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tres Hermanos
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: old alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: smooth conves valley
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/19/1974 (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

    FOSP2

    LATR2

    MUPU2

    PARKI2

    PROSO

    Fouquieria splendens

    Larrea tridentata

    Muhlenbergia pungens

    Parkinsonia

    Prosopis

    ocotillo

    creosote bush

    sandhill muhly

    paloverde

    mesquite

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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

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    823

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C01059
    B1t—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C01060
    B21t—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01061
    B22t—26 to 43 centimeters (10.2 to 16.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01062
    B23tca—43 to 72 centimeters (16.9 to 28.3 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01063
    B24tca—72 to 114 centimeters (28.3 to 44.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01064
    B3tca—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01065
    C—147 to 160 centimeters (57.9 to 63.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 74C01066