IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WITT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM057003
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM057003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NM057003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0331
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64570
  • 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: 34.8113899
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1222229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM057—Torrance
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM674—Torrance Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hacker Chavez
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WITT
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Witt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    SIHY

    Sitanion hystrix

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    5—64

    38—64

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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

    1

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    90

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02034
    Bt1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02035
    Bt2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02036
    Btk—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent coarse carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02037
    Bk1—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02038
    Bk2—107 to 178 centimeters (42.1 to 70.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), pink (5YR 7/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 92P02039