Casa Grande (soil)

Casa Grande (soil)

The Casa Grande is the official state soil of Arizona.

Name and origin

The Casa Grande series was first identified in 1936. It is named after the city of Casa Grande and the nearby Casa Grande National Monument, home of a large earthen building constructed by the Hohokam Indians nearly 1,000 years ago. The Spanish words “Casa Grande” mean “Big House.” The Indians used irrigation to remove excess salts from Casa Grande soils and raised cotton, grain, and vegetables on these productive soils, much as farmers do today.

Profile

The Casa Grande series consists of very deep, well-drained, saline-sodic soils on fan terraces and relict basin floors. These soils formed in alluvium derived from granite, rhyolite, andesite, quartzite, and some limestone and basalt. Slopes generally are 0 to 5 percent. The climate is hot and arid.

External links

* [http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/soil/st_soils/az_soil.htm Casa Grande Soil]
* [ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/az_soil.pdf Arizona state soil]

ee also

*List of U.S. state soils


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