IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Contine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AZ013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AZ013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978AZ013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45857
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 33.7981224
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2618484
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 100 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ651—Maricopa County, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Contine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    AMBRO

    CAGI7

    FESTU

    LUAR

    LYCIU

    OPHU

    PLANT

    Ambrosia

    Carnegia gigantea

    Festuca

    Lupinus arboreus

    Lycium

    Opuntia humifusa

    Plantago

    ragweed

    saguaro

    fescue

    yellow bush lupine

    desert-thorn

    devil's-tongue

    plantain

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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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; very cobbly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01621
    B1t—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01622
    B21t—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 55 percent clay; weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic, and weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01623
    B22t—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 70 percent clay; moderate subangular blocky, and strong prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01624
    B3t—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 65 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01625
    Ccam—99 to 104 centimeters (39.0 to 40.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01626