IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sanostee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NM045016
  • User Pedon ID: 86NM045016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0866
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59160
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 36.3413887
  • Std. Longitude: -108.8399963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1950 feet N and 1500 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: On the Navajo Indian Reservation about 6 mi SSE of Sanostee NM.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM045—San Juan
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sanostee
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sanostee
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustalfic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (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
  • 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

    4

    1894

    135

    1A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05184. few medium roots; few very fine roots
    2Bt—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05185. Common bridges between sand grains. Secondary calcium carbonates segregated in very few fine irregularly sloped filaments in lower part of the horizon.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine and medium roots; few medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 221003; patchy - phpvsfiid 221003
    2Bk1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05186. Secondary calcium carbonates segregated in common fine and medium irregularly shaped accumulations on ped faces, rock fragments and sand grains.; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    3Bk2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, white (10YR 8/1) interior, dry; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 5 percent soft siltstone fragments. Secondary calcium carbonates have impregnated the horizon.; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    3BCk—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 5 percent small channers and 20 percent soft siltstone fragments. Secondary gypsum crystals segregated in very few fine irregularly shaped accumulations on ped faces and in small masses.; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    4C—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; massive, and structureless platy; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Few fine and very fine irregularly shaped pores. 20 percent soft sandstone fragments. Secondary calcium carbonates segregated in very few fine irregularly shaped accumulations on sand grains and rock fragments.; few very fine and fine roots
    4R—81 centimeters (31.9 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Sandstone bedrock with no joints or cracks evident.