IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WETHERILL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NM045001
  • User Pedon ID: 92NM045001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NM045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0853
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65093
  • 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: 36.9088898
  • Std. Longitude: -107.7825012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet W and 1300 feet N of SW corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM045—San Juan
  • MLRA: 36A—Western Mesas, Plateaus and Basins (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM618—San Juan County, New Mexico, Eastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36107-H7—Mount Nebo, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WETHERILL
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Penistaja
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Haplustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1992 (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

    ACHY

    ACHY

    BOGR2

    BRTE

    BRTE

    ELELB2

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus tectorum

    Bromus tectorum

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Indian ricegrass

    Indian ricegrass

    blue grama

    cheatgrass

    cheatgrass

    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

    4

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    2009

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    90

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05271
    AB—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05272
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 5/3) coats and brown (7.5YR 4/2) coats and 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05273
    Bt2—30 to 86 centimeters (11.8 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05274. 92P5275; divided into two samples 12 to 24 inches and 24 to 34 inches
    Btk1—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent cylindrical carbonate masses and 21 percent carbonate threads; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05276
    Btk2—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent cylindrical carbonate masses and 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P05277