IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Otero
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NM057002
  • User Pedon ID: 95NM057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67733
  • 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: 34.7609100
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7458344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet N and 300 feet W of SE corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM057—Torrance
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM674—Torrance Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Otero
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1995 (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
    • 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
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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05037
    Bw—10 to 43 centimeters (3.9 to 16.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05038
    Bk1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05040
    Bk2—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05041
    2Bk—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 95P05042