IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SPANTARA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996NM041001
  • User Pedon ID: 96NM041001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68651
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 34.1956100
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0478897
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM041—Roosevelt
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM041—Roosevelt County, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SPANTARA
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/21/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01278
    Bt—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01279. Wavy lamellae 1 to 3 centimeters thick at the top of Bt
    EB—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01280
    Bt1—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01281
    Bt2—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01282
    Bt3—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches);, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01283. Slightly brittle
    Bt4—168 to 196 centimeters (66.1 to 77.2 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.5YR (7.5YR) iron stains on faces of peds; 21 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01284. Fe-Mn concretions have soft diffuse boundaries.
    Bt/E—196 to 203 centimeters (77.2 to 79.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; very slight effervescence. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202794; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202794