IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flugle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NM031005
  • User Pedon ID: 93NM031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66535
  • 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: 35.3466682
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2352753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet west and 1000 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: McKinley County, New Mexico; about 1.3 miles northeast of the Bass ranch headquarters.
  • 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-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Flugle
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fickle
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Argiustoll
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49914
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    0—41

    5—203

    15—41

    15—203

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    —-

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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

    —

    —

    2292

    —

    135

    330

    —

    —

    10.6

    —

    —

    11.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02203
    Bt—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02204
    Btss—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides and 10 percent pressure faces and 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02205
    Btk1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 6 percent of percent calcium; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02206
    Btk2—53 to 147 centimeters (20.9 to 57.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 21 percent fine carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 6 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02207
    Btk3—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 21 percent fine carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 11 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red. Lab sample # 94P02208