IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WALKON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983NM019001
  • User Pedon ID: 83NM019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0850
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53631
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 35.2077789
  • Std. Longitude: -105.0955582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • PLSS Details: Guadalupe County, Nex Mexico
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM019—Guadalupe
  • MLRA: 70C—Central New Mexico Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM019—Guadalupe County, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ustic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WALKON
  • PSC - 15 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Walkon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandstone with some eolian influence
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04292
    Bt3—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04293. continuous - phpvsfiid 260447; continuous - phpvsfiid 260447
    Bt4—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04294
    C1—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04295
    C2—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary.
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments.