IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COMORO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974AZ019011
  • User Pedon ID: S1974AZ019011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974AZ019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0182
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44943
  • 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: 32.2658348
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0022202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet S of residence at the SCS Plant Materials Center in the SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • 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: R Barmore, D Nettleton, M Richardson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, thermic Anthropic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - COMORO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Comoro
  • Classificaton Date - 12/20/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: recent mixed alluvium
  • Landform: Nearly level alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/20/1974 (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

    PROSO

    Prosopis

    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

    0.2

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    701

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    AP1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01080
    AP2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01081
    A13—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01082
    A14—46 to 70 centimeters (18.1 to 27.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01083
    A15—70 to 89 centimeters (27.6 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01084
    A16—89 to 94 centimeters (35.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C01085
    C—94 to 157 centimeters (37.0 to 61.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments. Lab sample # 74C01086