IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Contine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AZ013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AZ013008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978AZ013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0307
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45861
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 33.7650642
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3112946
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 900 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

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Contine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, hyperthermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • 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

    AMBRO

    AMSIN

    FESTU

    LATR2

    LUAR

    Ambrosia

    Amsinckia

    Festuca

    Larrea tridentata

    Lupinus arboreus

    ragweed

    fiddleneck

    fescue

    creosote bush

    yellow bush lupine

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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); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01643
    B1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01644
    B21t—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 55 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01645
    B22t—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 55 percent clay; fine subangular blocky parts to medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P01646
    Ccam—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01647
    2Csicam—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; extremely hard; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 78P01648