IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galestina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982NM006039
  • User Pedon ID: 82NM006039
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982NM006039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0877
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53658
  • 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: 34.9042282
  • Std. Longitude: -108.5398026
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2160 feet E. and 600 feet N. of the SW corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM006—Cibola
  • MLRA: 36B—Western Plateaus and Plains (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM682—Cibola Area, New Mexico, Parts of Cibola, McKinley, and Valencia Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Haplustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestina
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2008
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galestina
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: hillside
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BOGR2

    JUNIP

    PASM

    PIPA2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Juniperus

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pinus palustris

    blue grama

    juniper

    western wheatgrass

    longleaf pine

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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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    2128

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    270

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04453
    Bw—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04454
    Bt1—18 to 61 centimeters (7.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04455. continuous - phpvsfiid 260443; continuous - phpvsfiid 260443
    Bt2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04456
    Bk1—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04457
    Bk2—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.