IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peloncillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977AZ009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1977AZ009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977AZ009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1146
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34755
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025
  • 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: 32.8637161
  • Std. Longitude: -109.4073181
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ009—Graham
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ673—Graham County, Arizona, Southwestern Part
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A DeWell, S Hutchinson, D Richmond
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peloncillo
  • PSC - 3 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium derived from volcanic rock
  • Landform: nearly level, smooth top of dissected old terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1977 (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

    FOSP2

    LATR2

    Fouquieria splendens

    Larrea tridentata

    ocotillo

    creosote bush

    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

    1250

    225

    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08699
    B21tca—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08700
    B22tca—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08701
    B3tca—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08702
    Csicam—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A08703