IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carefree
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976AZ013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976AZ013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976AZ013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1165
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34774
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 33.8717308
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1815643
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet W and 100 feet N of SW1/4 corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, hyperthermic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carefree
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, hyperthermic
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1976 (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

    FEROC

    PLMU3

    Ferocactus

    Pleuraphis mutica

    barrel cactus

    tobosagrass

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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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    640

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    45

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    A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08842
    A12—6 to 22 centimeters (2.4 to 8.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08843
    B21—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08844
    B22—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08845
    B23ca—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08846
    B3ca—79 to 100 centimeters (31.1 to 39.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08847