IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beardsley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976AZ013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1976AZ013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976AZ013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34773
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.8520088
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2223969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet S and 350 feet W of NE1/4 corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, hyperthermic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beardsley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, hyperthermic
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium derived from basalt
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1976 (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

    LATR2

    PROSO

    Larrea tridentata

    Prosopis

    creosote bush

    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

    3

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    524

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    135

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08835
    B1—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 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 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08836
    B21t—11 to 19 centimeters (4.3 to 7.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; thin clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08837
    B22t—19 to 31 centimeters (7.5 to 12.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08838
    B23t—31 to 50 centimeters (12.2 to 19.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08839
    B24t—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08840
    Ccam—70 to 80 centimeters (27.6 to 31.5 inches); pink (5YR 7/3) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), white (5YR 8/1) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; massive; extremely hard; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A08841