IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zepol
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NM049001
  • User Pedon ID: 93NM049001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993NM049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66202
  • 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: 35.6749992
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0819473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2700 feet north and 2200 feet east of southwest corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JVC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zepol
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zepol
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Vitritorrandic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    BOGR2

    CHNAB2

    GUSA2

    JUMO

    MUTO2

    SCPA

    SIHY

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bigelovii

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Juniperus monosperma

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Schedonnardus paniculatus

    Sitanion hystrix

    blue grama

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    broom snakeweed

    oneseed juniper

    ring muhly

    tumblegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    15—69

    15—117

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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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    1955

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    180

    305

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    AC1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; strong fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00068
    AC2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00069
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly 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; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00070
    Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky 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; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00071
    Bt3—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00072
    Btk1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00073
    Btk2—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00074
    Bk1—117 to 191 centimeters (46.1 to 75.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00075
    Bk2—191 to 226 centimeters (75.2 to 89.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00076
    Ck—226 to 290 centimeters (89.0 to 114.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.