IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): REGRACIC
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NM031004
  • User Pedon ID: 93NM031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993NM031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0356
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66534
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 35.3433342
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2294464
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet west and 2200 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: McKinley County, New Mexico.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley
  • MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
  • 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, mesic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - REGRACIC
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Regracic
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Aridic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49912
  • 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

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    CHRYS9

    GUSA2

    JUMO

    PIED

    SIHY

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Chrysothamnus

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Juniperus monosperma

    Pinus edulis

    Sitanion hystrix

    threeawn

    blue grama

    rabbitbrush

    broom snakeweed

    oneseed juniper

    twoneedle pinyon

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—51

    5—152

    79—114

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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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    2292

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    90

    356

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    11.1

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02195
    Bt—5 to 48 centimeters (2.0 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02196
    Btk1—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine and medium threadlike carbonate threads; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 8 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02197
    Btk2—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions and 21 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 22 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02198
    Btk3—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions and 21 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 8 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02199
    Btk4—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 3 percent of percent calcium; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02200
    Btk5—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions and 3 percent fine and medium carbonate threads; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 6 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02201
    BCk—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 medium interstitial pores; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 3 percent of percent calcium; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 94P02202