IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Klizhin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NM031004
  • User Pedon ID: 86NM031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59333
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 35.9863892
  • Std. Longitude: -108.8638916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 7 mi South of Washington Pass.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley
  • MLRA: 39—Mogollon Transition North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Whitcomb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Pachic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Klizhin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Klizhin
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Pachic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—137

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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

    32

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    2591

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    0

    55

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    —

    5

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    4

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Decomposing pine needles, twigs, and other forest litter.
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00195. few medium roots
    A2—11 to 28 centimeters (4.3 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00196. many medium roots
    A3—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00197. many medium roots
    2A4—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00198. many medium roots
    2A5—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00199. many medium roots
    2A6—89 to 120 centimeters (35.0 to 47.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00200. few medium roots
    3A7—120 to 140 centimeters (47.2 to 55.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00201. few medium roots
    3B1—140 to 153 centimeters (55.1 to 60.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00202. few medium roots
    4B2—153 to 181 centimeters (60.2 to 71.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00203. (7.5YR 4/6) lamella 1 cm thick. 3 to 8 cm apart - iron stains.; common very fine roots