IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Betonnie

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1988NM031002

User Pedon ID: 88NM031002

Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NM031002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0747

Print Date: 4/28/2025

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: 35.9563888

Std. Longitude: -107.3580555

Datum: WGS84

Township: 20n

Range: 5w

Section: 22

PLSS Details: 10 feet south and 1,206 feet east of the northwest corner

Map Unit: 11—Doakum-Betonnie complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes

State: New Mexico

County: NM031—McKinley

MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau

Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM692—McKinley County Area, New Mexico, McKinley County and Parts of Cibola and San Juan Counties

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35107-H3—Ojo Encino Mesa, New Mexico

PEDON

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Betonnie

Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - ustic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Betonnie

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustalfic Haplargid

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture SUBClass - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
BOGR2 SAGE SALVI SIHY	Bouteloua gracilis Sabatia gentianoides Salvia Sitanion hystrix	blue grama pinewoods rose gentian sage —	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

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
2	—	—	2069	—	135	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

E—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak platy, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03941. common fine roots; many very fine and fine roots

Bt1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03942. few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots

Bt2—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 88P03943. very few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few very fine and fine roots

Bk1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; loamy sand; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03944. few very fine and fine roots

Bk2—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; loamy sand; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03945. few plinthite segregations concentrations; few very fine roots

Bk3—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; loamy sand; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03946. few plinthite segregations concentrations; few very fine roots

Btkb—132 to 145 centimeters (52.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 11 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03947. common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few very fine roots

C—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry; loamy sand; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03948. few very fine roots

Cr—178 centimeters (70.1 inches); fragments. sandstone and shale