IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM031004
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NM031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0749
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60867
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 35.8883324
  • Std. Longitude: -107.3777771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet E and 1200 feet N of SW corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starlake
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • 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

    HIJA

    SPAI

    Hilaria jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

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    alkali sacaton

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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

    2

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    2022

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    0

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    0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3956. few very fine and fine roots
    5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3957. few very fine and fine roots
    15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 11 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3958. common medium gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine roots; many very fine roots
    33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3959. few fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 11 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3960. common fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3961. few fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P3962. many fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P3963. few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine and fine roots