IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PERSAYO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NM045006
  • User Pedon ID: 85NM045006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985NM045006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0686
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 36.4294434
  • Std. Longitude: -108.7652740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25n
  • Range: 18w
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2387 feet north and 2327 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Navajo Indian Reservation; Shiprock Soil Survey.
  • Map Unit: 215—Persayo-Fordbutte association, 1 to 10 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM045—San Juan
  • MLRA: 37—San Juan River Valley Mesas and Plateaus
  • 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-D7—Sanostee East, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic, shallow Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PERSAYO
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Persayo
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic, shallow Typic To
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: knoll
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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

    ATFA

    SALSO

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Atriplex falcata

    Salsola

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    sickle saltbush

    Russian thistle

    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

    2

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    1745

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    45

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very thick platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2BCy—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03534
    2C—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; massive, and platy; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone-shale fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03535
    2Cr—46 centimeters (18.1 inches); fragments.