IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AZABACHE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NM031005
  • User Pedon ID: 92NM031005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NM031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0291
  • 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: 35.4736099
  • Std. Longitude: -107.5497208
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet E and 1910 feet S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 280—Azabache extremely gravelly clay loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley
  • MLRA: 37—San Juan River Valley Mesas and Plateaus
  • 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-D5—Cerro Alesna, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Park and Hibner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AZABACHE
  • PSC - 3 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Azabache
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1992
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 39 percent of Percent clay in


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 33.00 percent 2
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 497-69
  • 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

    GUSA2

    HIJA

    SPAI

    SPCR

    Atriplex obovata

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Hilaria jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    mound saltbush

    broom snakeweed

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    alkali sacaton

    sand dropseed

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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

    4

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    2067

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    45

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    E—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; strong thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Btn—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P02326
    2Btknz1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine carbonate masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02327
    2Btknz2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02328
    2Btknz3—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02329
    2Btknz4—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02330
    2Btknz—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P02330