IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spantara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM009001
  • User Pedon ID: 90NM009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0592
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62525
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 34.4027786
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6161118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Melrose East
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM009—Curry
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Hill and Rusty Dowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Spantara
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Krider
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Aridic Paleustalf
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1990 (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

    ANGE

    Andropogon gerardii

    big bluestem

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    25—152

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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

    1

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    1319

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    135

    432

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    15

    24

    5

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03463. common fine roots; common fine roots
    A2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03464. common fine roots; common fine roots
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent faint clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03465. few clay films surface features; few fine roots
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 55 percent prominent clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03466. many clay films surface features; few fine roots
    Bt3—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and 2.5 fine pores; 55 percent prominent clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03467. many clay films surface features; few fine roots
    Bt4—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and 2.5 fine pores; 55 percent distinct clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03468. many clay films surface features; few fine roots
    Bt5—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent distinct clay films; carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P03469. few clay films surface features