IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carefree
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AZ013009
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AZ013009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978AZ013009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45862
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.8000641
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1996231
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet E and 900 feet N of SW 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 #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carefree
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, montmorillonitic, hyperthermic Typic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1978 (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

    ASCLE

    BRRU2

    CAGI7

    FESTU

    LUAR

    OPHU

    PARKI2

    PLMU3

    PLRI3

    PROSO

    Ambrosia

    Asclepias

    Bromus rubens

    Carnegia gigantea

    Festuca

    Lupinus arboreus

    Opuntia humifusa

    Parkinsonia

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis rigida

    Prosopis

    ragweed

    milkweed

    red brome

    saguaro

    fescue

    yellow bush lupine

    devil's-tongue

    paloverde

    tobosagrass

    big galleta

    mesquite

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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 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    B1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary.
    B2t—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate 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; 30 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 242031; continuous - phpvsfiid 242031
    2C1—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; 55 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01649
    2C2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; 47 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01650
    3B2tca—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary.
    4Csicam—130 to 136 centimeters (51.2 to 53.5 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 78P01651