IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tsebitai

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1986NM045013

User Pedon ID: 86NM045013

Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NM045013

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 86P0589

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58394

Print Date: 11/22/2024

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: 36.6100006

Std. Longitude: -108.7319412

Datum: WGS84

Township: 27N

Range: 18W

Section: 2

PLSS Details: 1500 feet E and 600 feet S of NW corner

State: New Mexico

County: NM045—San Juan

MLRA: 37—San Juan River Valley Mesas and Plateaus

PEDON

Describers Name: J. V. Chiaretti

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplocambids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 13

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Tsebitai

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Tsebitai

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Camborthid

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: plateaus or tablelands

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/1/1986 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ATCU ORHY SPAI	Atriplex cuneata Oryzopsis hymenoides Sporobolus airoides	valley saltbush — alkali sacaton	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon	0—13 13—41	—- —-

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
3	—	—	1628	—	0	18	—	—	11	—	—	13	22	4	—	—	—	—	—

1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate very coarse platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03395; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout

1Bw—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03396; dry when described;. few fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout

1Bk—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03397; dry when described;. very few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout

1By—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular gypsum masses and 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03398; dry when described;. common fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots throughout

1BCy—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03399; dry when described;. few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout

1C—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very coarse platy, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P03400; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout