IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM023004
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63054
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 32.0313873
  • Std. Longitude: -108.9272232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM023—Hidalgo
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Montoya
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eba
  • PSC - 5 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eba
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, 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—86

    86—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

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    1314

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    90

    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; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00039; dry when described;. few fine roots throughout; few very fine roots throughout
    Bt—5 to 53 centimeters (2.0 to 20.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; extremely cobbly clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; prominent , moist, clay films; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00040; moist when described;. common very fine and fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226087
    Btk—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; extremely cobbly clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; prominent , moist, clay films; 30 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00041; moist when described;. many fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226088; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226088
    Bk1—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), pink (5YR 8/4), dry; extremely cobbly clay loam; massive; extremely hard, firm, weakly cemented by carbonates, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent very coarse and extremely coarse irregular lime masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00042; dry when described;. many very coarse and extremely coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bk2—104 to 165 centimeters (40.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), pink (5YR 8/4), dry; extremely cobbly clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent very coarse and extremely coarse irregular lime masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 91P00043; dry when described;. many very coarse and extremely coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous