IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clovis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02NM049017a
  • User Pedon ID: 02NM049017
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0389
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15407
  • User Project ID: 2023 - SW-SAN - Multi-MLRA
  • Project Name: MLRA 36 - MLRA 42C - MLRA 35 - MLRA 48A - MIR Lab Data for Type Location Soil Samples
  • 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: 35.1295277
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7850277
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11n
  • Range: 11e
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet east and 455 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: 624—Clovis very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM687—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35105-B7—White Lakes, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Witt
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/2002 (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

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    5—36

    36—91

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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

    0.5

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    2078

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    260

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—5 to 22 centimeters (2.0 to 8.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01931
    Btk—22 to 36 centimeters (8.7 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate 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 # 03N01932
    Bk1—36 to 68 centimeters (14.2 to 26.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bk2—68 to 92 centimeters (26.8 to 36.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bk3—92 to 122 centimeters (36.2 to 48.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary.
    2BCk—122 to 300 centimeters (48.0 to 118.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6.