IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ligurta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976AZ027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1976AZ027001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976AZ027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1162
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34771
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 33.4000626
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6124649
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 3200 feet E and 1800 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ012—La Paz
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ649—Yuma-Wellton Area, Parts of Yuma County, Arizona and Imperial County, California

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ligurta
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplosalids
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1976
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/19/1976 (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

    ISTE2

    LATR2

    Isocoma tenuisecta

    Larrea tridentata

    burroweed

    creosote bush

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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

    1

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    113

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    270

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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08820
    B21TCASA—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak very fine columnar structure; soft, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08821
    B22TCASA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak very fine columnar structure; soft, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08822
    B23TCASA—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08823
    B31TCA—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08824
    B32TCA—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08825
    2C1—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 85 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08826