IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hackroy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NM028001A
  • User Pedon ID: 87NM028001A
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987NM028001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59981
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.8508339
  • Std. Longitude: -106.2719421
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Los Alamos Co; Los Alamos Nat Lab; Pajarito Rd.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM028—Los Alamos
  • MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Hacker and R. Ahrens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic, shallow Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hackroy
  • PSC - 10 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hackroy
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Aridic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—4

    4—10

    10—48

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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

    6

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    2150

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    0

    35

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    1A—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03671; dry when described;. common fine roots
    1E—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03672; dry when described;. common fine roots
    1Bw—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03673; moist when described;. common fine roots
    1Bt1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03674; moist when described;. few clay films surface features; few fine roots
    1Bt2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03675; moist when described;. many clay films surface features; few fine roots
    1Bt3—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 55 percent , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03676; moist when described;. Weathered tuff.; many clay films surface features; few coarse roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 222306; continuous - phpvsfiid 222306
    2Crt—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03677. Tuff.