IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berwolf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM037003
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NM037003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0531
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63573
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 35.2008324
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7402802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM037—Quay
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berwolf
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ima
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Ustollic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1991 (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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    SPCR

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    threeawn

    blue grama

    sand dropseed

    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

    315

    38

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03072. many fine and medium roots throughout
    BA—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03073. common fine and medium roots throughout
    Bt1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03074. Bt's are marginal at best. Few faint films; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt2—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03075. Bt's are marginal at best. Few faint films; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt3—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03076. Bt's are marginal at best. Few faint films.; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt4—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03077. Bt's are marginal at best. Few faint films; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bk—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 91P03078. Hand texture on last horizon "feels" like scl dropped down to sl because of clay size carbonates; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine carbonate concretions concentrations