IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Suncity
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976AZ013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1976AZ013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976AZ013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34775
  • Print Date: 1/26/2025

    • 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: 33.8425636
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2304535
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet W and 400 feet N of the SW1/4 corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, hyperthermic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Suncity
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, hyperthermic
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • 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: 4/22/1976 (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

    PARKI2

    Larrea tridentata

    Parkinsonia

    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

    3

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    521

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    225

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08848
    B21t—7 to 21 centimeters (2.8 to 8.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08849
    B3tca—21 to 34 centimeters (8.3 to 13.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08850
    C1cam—34 to 110 centimeters (13.4 to 43.3 inches); pink (5YR 7/3) and pink (5YR 7/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) and white (5YR 8/1), dry; massive; extremely hard; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08851
    C2ca—110 to 183 centimeters (43.3 to 72.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/3) and pink (5YR 7/4), white (5YR 8/1) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; massive; extremely hard; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A08852