IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Silcat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM031010
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM031010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NM031010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0755
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60873
  • 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: 35.0005569
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6650009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Silcat
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Silkie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Vertic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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

    AGSM

    BOGR2

    SIHY

    Agropyron smithii

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Sitanion hystrix

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    blue grama

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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

    8

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    2259

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    180

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04000. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04001. many very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04002. few fine slickensides; common very fine and fine roots
    C1—46 to 97 centimeters (18.1 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04003. slickensides in C1 are 3 medium and large (up to 3" diameter) and are tilted 40 degrees from horizontal; common very fine and fine roots
    C2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04004. C2 has 1vfisfsm CaCO3 all other horizons are disseminated; few very fine and fine roots