IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hap
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM023001
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63051
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.3705559
  • Std. Longitude: -108.5527802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM023—Hidalgo
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Montoya
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hap
  • PSC - 5 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hap
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    5—61

    61—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

    5

    —

    —

    1487

    —

    180

    25

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    —

    16

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00021; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout
    Bt—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00022; moist when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226082; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226082
    Btk—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine cylindrical carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 28 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00023; moist when described;. few fine carbonate threads concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226083
    Bk—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent coarse and very coarse irregular carbonate nodules and 30 percent medium cylindrical carbonate threads; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00024; moist when described;. many medium carbonate threads concentrations; many coarse and very coarse carbonate nodules concentrations; few fine roots throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium cylindrical carbonate threads and 30 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00025; dry when described;. many medium carbonate threads concentrations; many medium carbonate nodules concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk3—104 to 155 centimeters (40.9 to 61.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent medium cylindrical carbonate threads and 30 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 91P00026; dry when described;. many medium carbonate threads concentrations; many medium carbonate nodules concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous