IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tranquilar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04NM043005
  • User Pedon ID: 04NM043005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04NM043005
  • User Site Association ID: NM191Valles Caldera Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1145
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17824
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 35.9804993
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5906143
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM043—Sandoval
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: 6obsolete—Lakewood, CO
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM656—Sandoval County Area, New Mexico, Parts of Los Alamos, Sandoval, and Rio Arriba Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35106-H5—Valle San Antonio, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Aaron Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tranquilar
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tranquilar
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from rhyolite
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: stream terrace on caldera
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: LSC5-1 - Arizona fescue-mountain muhly-pine dropseed (FEAR2/MUMO/BLTR)—SSR4: (OBSOLETE) SW Region 3, USFS, PNV Valles Caldera

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/2006 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ACMI2

    ARFE3

    ERIGE2

    PASM

    POPR

    POTEN

    TAOF

    TRIFO

    Achillea millefolium

    Arenaria fendleri

    Erigeron

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa pratensis

    Potentilla

    Taraxacum officinale

    Trifolium

    common yarrow

    Fendler's sandwort

    fleabane

    western wheatgrass

    Kentucky bluegrass

    cinquefoil

    common dandelion

    clover

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    abrupt textural change

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    noncoherent

    noncoherent

    noncoherent

    23 -

    23 -

    119 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    aquic conditions

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    salt accumulations

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    13—23

    13—119

    23—

    23—91

    23—

    46—91

    47—

    91—

    104—119

    104—

    119—139

    119—

    139—250

    —23—

    —10—

    —106—

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    —68—

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    —45—

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    —15—

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    —20—

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    —111—
    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

    2

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    2571

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    110

    686

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    100

    6.1

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 9 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9 um/s with a std deviaton of 5; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 coarse high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 12 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; weakly smeary; Ksat of 9 um/s with a std deviaton of 5; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 coarse high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dry; clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; strong extremely coarse columnar structure; very hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.9 um/s with a std deviaton of 0.5; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06634; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 314142; continuous - phpvsfiid 314142
    Btz1—46 to 70 centimeters (18.1 to 27.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; 10 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong extremely coarse columnar structure; very hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.9 um/s with a std deviaton of 0.5; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.4 very fine roots throughout; 0.3 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1), dry, salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06635; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 314141; continuous - phpvsfiid 314141
    Btz2—70 to 91 centimeters (27.6 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay; 10 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 40 percent clay; strong extremely coarse columnar, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.9 um/s with a std deviaton of 0.5; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 0.2 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 6 percent fine prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1), dry, salt masses and 40 percent very coarse prominent threadlike noncoherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1), dry, salt crystals; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06636; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 314064; continuous - phpvsfiid 314064
    C1—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; 32 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 36 percent clay; massive parts to strong coarse angular blocky; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s with a std deviaton of 1.4; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 0.2 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2C2—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; massive parts to strong coarse angular blocky; very hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.9 um/s with a std deviaton of 0.5; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.2 very fine roots in cracks; 5 percent medium prominent threadlike strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 90 percent extremely coarse prominent irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Cg—119 to 139 centimeters (46.9 to 54.7 inches); light gray (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; clay; 8 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 34 percent clay; massive parts to strong coarse angular blocky; hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; Ksat of 2.7 um/s with a std deviaton of 1.4; moderately slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine faint cylindrical noncoherent cemented diatoms; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    4C'3—139 to 250 centimeters (54.7 to 98.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 34 percent clay; massive parts to strong coarse angular blocky; hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; Ksat of 2.7 um/s with a std deviaton of 1.4; moderately slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine faint cylindrical noncoherent cemented diatoms; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n.; observed in pit, small