IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moriarty
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02NM049012a
  • User Pedon ID: 02NM049012
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0609
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15514
  • 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: 35.1791944
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8055833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Haplotorrerts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Moriarty
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moriarty
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; weak thin platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03064
    Bssgy1—8 to 43 centimeters (3.1 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay; 65 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03065
    Bssgy2—43 to 70 centimeters (16.9 to 27.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), olive gray (5Y 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 65 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03066
    Bssgy3—70 to 97 centimeters (27.6 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; clay; 70 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03067
    Bssgy4—97 to 143 centimeters (38.2 to 56.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; 70 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03068
    Bssgy5—143 to 153 centimeters (56.3 to 60.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; clay; 65 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very high excavation difficulty; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 02N03069