IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tinian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM031005
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM031005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NM031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0750
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 35.8197222
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4402777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18n
  • Range: 6w
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2,712 feet south and 1,908 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 30—Orlie-Tinian complex, 1 to 6 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-G4—Rincon Marquez, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tinian
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tinian
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Aridic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: cuesta or hogback
  • 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

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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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    2176

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    45

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    E—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03964. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bt1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03965. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03966. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Btk—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03967. few very fine and fine roots
    2R—61 centimeters (24.0 inches); fragments. fractured sandstone