IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NOTAL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NM031004
  • User Pedon ID: 92NM031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NM031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0290
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.5619431
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4388885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,541 feet south and 2,011 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 235—Notal-Hamburn complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM692—McKinley County Area, New Mexico, McKinley County and Parts of Cibola and San Juan Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35107-E4—Mesa Cortada, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Park
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - NOTAL
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Notal
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Torriorthent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 51 percent of Percent clay in


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 497-44
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATOB

    PLEUR12

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Atriplex obovata

    Pleuraphis

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    mound saltbush

    galleta grass

    alkali sacaton

    alkali sacaton

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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

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    2006

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    250

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    Cn1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; strong thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02319
    Cn2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; moderate very thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02320
    Cn3—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02321
    Cn4—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02322
    Cnz1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; weak thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02323
    Cnz2—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02324
    Cn5—112 to 165 centimeters (44.1 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; sandy clay; weak very thick platy structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P02325