IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WERITO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984NM045002
  • User Pedon ID: 84NM045002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984NM045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0588
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54832
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 36.1674995
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6205521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2425 feet west and 3275 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Shiprock Soil Survey. About 5 miles northeast of Sheep Springs.
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WERITO
  • PSC - 25 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Werito
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: structural bench
  • 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

    ATOB

    HIJA

    SPAI

    Atriplex obovata

    Hilaria jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

    mound saltbush

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    alkali sacaton

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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

    1

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    1736

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    315

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate thick platy parts to strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    Bwn—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03283
    2BKn—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03284
    2By—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03285
    3C—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; channery silty clay loam; massive, and platy; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P03286
    3Cr—86 centimeters (33.9 inches); fragments.