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:
11/21/2024
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