IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Suncity
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AZ013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AZ013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978AZ013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0305
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45859
  • 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: 33.7500687
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2554550
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet E and 10 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ013—Maricopa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ651—Maricopa County, Arizona, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Suncity
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, hyperthermic, shallow Typic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/19/1978 (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

    BRRU2

    CAGI7

    FESTU

    LATR2

    LEPID

    LUAR

    PARKI2

    PLANT

    Bromus rubens

    Carnegia gigantea

    Festuca

    Larrea tridentata

    Lepidium

    Lupinus arboreus

    Parkinsonia

    Plantago

    red brome

    saguaro

    fescue

    creosote bush

    pepperweed

    yellow bush lupine

    paloverde

    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

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01632
    B2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); 7.5YR 4/5 (7.5YR 4/5), 7.5YR 6/5 (7.5YR 6/5), dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P01633. patchy - phpvsfiid 242022; patchy - phpvsfiid 242022
    2Ccam—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); 7.5YR 4/5 (7.5YR 4/5), 7.5YR 6/5 (7.5YR 6/5), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01634
    3B2t—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); 7.5YR 4/5 (7.5YR 4/5), 7.5YR 5/5 (7.5YR 5/5), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01635
    4Csicam—41 to 44 centimeters (16.1 to 17.3 inches);, pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 78P01636