IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KIMBETO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NM045005
  • User Pedon ID: 85NM045005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985NM045005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0685
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56951
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.2816658
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6105576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Navajo Indian Reservation; Shiprock Soil Survey.
  • 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 Haplic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KIMBETO
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimbeto
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Haplic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1985 (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

    ACHY

    ACHY

    ATCAC

    ATCO

    ATCO

    PLEUR12

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Pleuraphis

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    Indian ricegrass

    Indian ricegrass

    fourwing saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    shadscale saltbush

    galleta grass

    alkali sacaton

    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

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    45

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03528. 2 to 3 inches thick
    Bw—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03529. 0 to 7 inches thick
    2Btkn—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03530. 6 to 21 inches thick
    2Bk1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 3 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03531. 4 to 14 inches thick
    2Bk2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03532. 5 to 16 inches thick
    3BCk—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03533
    3Cr—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; fragments. contains hard strata 2 to 4 inches thick