IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Doakum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NM043001
  • User Pedon ID: 92NM043001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NM043001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0851
  • 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: 36.1133333
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4877777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet S and 1400 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: About 8 miles S of Counselor, NM.
  • Map Unit: 270—Blancot-Councelor-Tsosie association, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM043—Sandoval
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM656—Sandoval County Area, New Mexico, Parts of Los Alamos, Sandoval, and Rio Arriba Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36107-A4—Mule Dam, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Doakum
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Doakum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1992
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BOGR2

    ELELB2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    blue grama

    squirreltail

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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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    2141

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    90

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P05261
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05253
    Bt1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores and between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05254
    Bt2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05255
    Bt3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05256
    Btk1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent carbonate threads and 3 percent carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05257
    Btk2—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05258
    Btk3—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05259
    Btk4—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent cylindrical carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P05260