IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ligurta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AZ013007
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AZ013007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978AZ013007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0306
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45860
  • 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: 33.7653427
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3115692
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet W and 900 feet S of NE 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ligurta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, hyperthermic Typic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1978
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • 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: 4/19/1978 (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

    AMSIN

    FESTU

    LATR2

    LUAR

    PLANT

    Amsinckia

    Festuca

    Larrea tridentata

    Lupinus arboreus

    Plantago

    fiddleneck

    fescue

    creosote bush

    yellow bush lupine

    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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 95 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01637
    B1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01638
    B2t—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 6 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01639
    B3—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01640
    2Ccam—63 to 104 centimeters (24.8 to 40.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 5 percent clay; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01641
    3Csicam—104 to 106 centimeters (40.9 to 41.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01642