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
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1894
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135
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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.