IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Seco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NM031002
  • User Pedon ID: 93NM031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993NM031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66532
  • 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: 35.3741684
  • Std. Longitude: -107.3397217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: McKinley County, New Mexico. About 4.6 miles west northwest of Marquez, New Mexico.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley
  • MLRA: 39—Mogollon Transition North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM692—McKinley County Area, New Mexico, McKinley County and Parts of Cibola and San Juan Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, frigid Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Seco
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Seco
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Argiboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lava plateau
  • Landform: playa
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49717
  • 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

    ARFR

    FEAR2

    GUSA2

    SIHY

    Arenaria franklinii

    Festuca arizonica

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Sitanion hystrix

    Franklin's sandwort

    Arizona fescue

    broom snakeweed

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    0—58

    8—147

    28—147

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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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    2545

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    457

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    6.1

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    7.2

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02185
    Bt—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 21 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02186
    Btss—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent slickensides (pedogenic) throughout and 3 percent pressure faces throughout and 21 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P02187
    Btkss—58 to 147 centimeters (22.8 to 57.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent slickensides (pedogenic) throughout and 3 percent pressure faces throughout and 21 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02188
    BCg—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red. Lab sample # 94P02189