IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zozobra
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994NM049004
  • User Pedon ID: 94NM049004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994NM049004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0235
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67253
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.6647224
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0611115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2,360 feet west and 1,025 feet south of northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles west of Agua Fria, NM.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe
  • MLRA: 36B—Western Plateaus and Plains (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM687—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36105-C2—Agua Fria Peak, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.V. Chiaretti and C.D. Hibner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zozobra
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zozobra
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed,
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1994
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: erosion remnant
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    BOCU

    JUMO

    STNE2

    YUAN

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Juniperus monosperma

    Stipa neomexicana

    Yucca angustifolia

    sideoats grama

    oneseed juniper

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—8

    0—71

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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

    9

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    1961

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    225

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    ABk—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01536
    Bk1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches);, pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01537
    Bk2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches);, pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01538
    Bk3—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches);, pink (7.5YR 7/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01539
    Bk4—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches);, pink (7.5YR 7/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01540
    2Bk5—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches);, pink (7.5YR 7/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01541
    2BCk—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. not sampled.
    2Ck1—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. not sampled.
    2Ck2—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly loam, coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. not sampled.
    2C—170 to 224 centimeters (66.9 to 88.2 inches);, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01542