IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cloverdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM023005
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM023005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63055
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 31.4683342
  • Std. Longitude: -108.8980560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM023—Hidalgo
  • MLRA: 41—Madrean Archipelago
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Montoya
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Torrertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cloverdale
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cloverdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Torrertic Argiusto
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    8—81

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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

    2

    1594

    180

    38

    14

    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00044
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00044
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00044
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00044
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00044
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00044
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00044
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00044; dry when described;. Cracks 1/4 to 1/2 inch extend from surface to 32 inches.; many fine roots throughout; many very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bt1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00045; dry when described;. Cracks 1/4 to 1/2 inch extend from surface to 32 inches.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226089; continuous - phpvsfiid 226089
    Bt2—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00046; dry when described;. Cracks 1/4 to 1/2 inch extend from surface to 32 inches.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine and medium roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226090; continuous - phpvsfiid 226090
    Btss—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; clay; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00047; dry when described;. Crack 1/4 to 1/2 inch extend from surface to 32 inches. Btss and Bss have common medium slickensides.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226091; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226091
    Bss—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00048; dry when described;. few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bss—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00048; dry when described;. Btss and Bss have common medium slickensides.; few very fine and fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C1—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00049; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C2—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and pinkish white (5YR 8/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; 11 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 91P00050; dry when described;. C2 possibly Cr.; few medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium distinct 5YR82 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 226092; patchy - phpvsfiid 226092