IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heshotauthla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM031012
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM031012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0757
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60875
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 35.2119446
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6452789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Park and Clarence Montoya
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aridic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Heshotauthla
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Millpan
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, shallow Calcic Cryobor
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (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
    • 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
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    2036

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    E—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04010. few very fine roots
    Btn1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04011. common slickensides up to 2" diameter; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    Btn2—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04012. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Btky—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate masses and 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 88P04013. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Bky—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine carbonate masses and 11 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine roots