IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BENALLY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984NM045003
  • User Pedon ID: 84NM045003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984NM045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0589
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 36.1744461
  • Std. Longitude: -108.5841675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet west and 725 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Shiprock Soil Survey. About 7 miles northeast of Sheep Springs.
  • Map Unit: 110—Brimhall-Benally-Genats association, 0 to 45 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM045—San Juan
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM717—Shiprock Area, Parts of San Juan County, New Mexico and Apache County, Arizona
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36108-B5—Great Bend, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BENALLY
  • PSC - 3 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benally
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1984
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • 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

    SPAI

    Atriplex obovata

    Sporobolus airoides

    mound saltbush

    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

    0

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    1725

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E\Btn—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay; strong medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay bridges on faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03287
    Btkn—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03288
    Byn—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03289
    2By—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03290
    3BCy—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very channery sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and massive, and platy; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    3Cr—132 centimeters (52.0 inches); fragments.