IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tamarindo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02NM049016a
  • User Pedon ID: 02NM049016
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0388
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15406
  • 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: 35.1229694
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7935611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 5
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamarindo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamarindo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landform: undulating plateau
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    5—188

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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

    7

    2069

    0

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; 16 percent clay; moderate thin platy parts to moderate coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01925
    Bt—5 to 34 centimeters (2.0 to 13.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine and 2.0 coarse pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01926
    Btk1—34 to 56 centimeters (13.4 to 22.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine tubular and 2.0 coarse pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01927
    Btk2—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01928
    Btk3—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine pores; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01929
    Btk4—124 to 189 centimeters (48.8 to 74.4 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01930
    Bk—189 to 279 centimeters (74.4 to 109.8 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C—279 to 313 centimeters (109.8 to 123.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.