IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benally
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NM031005
  • User Pedon ID: 85NM031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56974
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 1/2 mi ENE of Red Lake Pond, 3 mi NNE of Red Lake Well, T20N, R14W.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Benally
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benally
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    natric horizon

    13—30

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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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    1867

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    23

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    1E1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03631. few medium roots; few very fine roots
    1E2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03632. few very fine and fine roots
    1Btkn1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03633. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots
    1Btkn2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03633. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bkn1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03634. few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 219253; patchy - phpvsfiid 219253
    2Bkn2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03635. few very fine roots between peds
    3Bk1—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03636. few very fine roots between peds
    4Bk2—89 to 163 centimeters (35.0 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; loamy sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P03637. Few gravels.; few very fine roots between peds