IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DENAZAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984NM045001
  • User Pedon ID: 84NM045001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984NM045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0587
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54831
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 36.4044456
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6377792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2,300 feet west and 1,600 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: San Juan County, New Mexico; on the Navajo Indian Reservation about 9 miles northeast of Newcomb. Shiprock Soil Survey. New Mexico coordinate systems; 3200 feet west, 700 feet north from 1,970,000 on Little Water - San Juan County 7.2 minute series (topographic).
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM045—San Juan
  • MLRA: 37—San Juan River Valley Mesas and Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM717—Shiprock Area, Parts of San Juan County, New Mexico and Apache County, Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DENAZAR
  • PSC - 53 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nakai
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1984 (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

    ATCA2

    EPCU

    HIJA

    ORHY

    SPCR

    Atriplex canescens

    Ephedra cutleri

    Hilaria jamesii

    Oryzopsis hymenoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    fourwing saltbush

    Cutler's jointfir

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    sand dropseed

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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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    1679

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    315

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bk1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bk2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03282
    2Bk3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bk4—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    2Bk5—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bk6—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bk7—140 to 157 centimeters (55.1 to 61.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog.