IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KOSHARE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97NM049005a
  • User Pedon ID: 97NM049005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 97NM049005a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0466
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10149
  • User Project ID: 2023 - SW-SAN - Multi-MLRA
  • Project Name: MLRA 36 - MLRA 42C - MLRA 35 - MLRA 48A - MIR Lab Data for Type Location Soil Samples
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 35.8593063
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0141678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet east and 1200 feet north of SW corner
  • Location Description: On the Pojoaque Indian Reservation about 0.75 miles southwest of Cuyamaque.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM687—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35106-G1—Horcado Ranch, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Ustic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KOSHARE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Koshare
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/1997 (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

    ACHY

    JUMO

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Juniperus monosperma

    Indian ricegrass

    oneseed juniper

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—8

    8—105

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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

    7

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    1838

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    315

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02792. Less than 5 percent gravel.
    Bk1—8 to 48 centimeters (3.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02793
    Bk2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02794
    Bk3—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02795
    BCk—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02796
    Ck1—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02797. Strata of GR-LCOS with 20 percent gravel and 5 percent cobbles, 5 to 10 inches thick at base of horizon.
    Ck2—183 to 211 centimeters (72.0 to 83.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02798
    2Ck3—211 to 244 centimeters (83.1 to 96.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    3Ck4—244 to 308 centimeters (96.1 to 121.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.