IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spantara

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1990NM009009

User Pedon ID: 90NM009009

Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM009009

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 90P0600

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62533

Print Date: 5/23/2024

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: 34.3869438

Std. Longitude: -103.5130539

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Melrose East; Gate Comb 7-84; 9/10 mile from gate and windmill

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 #: 9

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Spantara

PSC - 53 to 104 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/18/2007

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Brownfield

Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, thermic Arenic Aridic Paleustoll

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: upland

Runoff: very low

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 BOGR2	Andropogon gerardii Bouteloua gracilis	big bluestem blue grama	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
argillic horizon calcic horizon	53—165 132—165	—- —-

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
3	—	—	1317	—	225	432	—	—	15	24	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy fine sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03520. common very fine and fine roots; common fine to coarse roots

A2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03522. common very fine and fine roots; common fine to coarse roots

Bt1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03523. common clay films surface features; few very fine and fine roots; few fine to coarse roots

Bt2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03524. common clay films surface features; few very fine and fine roots; few fine to coarse roots

Bt3—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03525. common clay films surface features; few very fine and fine roots; few fine to coarse roots

Btk1—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03526. common clay films surface features; few very fine roots

Btk2—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P03527. common clay films surface features; few very fine roots