IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Charette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NM033003
  • User Pedon ID: 79NM033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0382
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47115
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.1461105
  • Std. Longitude: -104.9674988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 25.6 km NW and 9.6 km S of Wagon Mound along NM 120 in N 1/2
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM033—Mora
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Sellnow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Charette
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charette
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—29

    29—130

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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

    2

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    2183

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    270

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02021. many very fine and fine roots
    1B1—5 to 29 centimeters (2.0 to 11.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02022
    1B21t—29 to 47 centimeters (11.4 to 18.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02023. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B22t—47 to 74 centimeters (18.5 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P02024. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B23t—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02025. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B24t—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02026. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine roots
    2B31—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P02027. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    2B32—152 to 177 centimeters (59.8 to 69.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P02028. few very fine roots