IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KOSHARE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97NM049012a
  • User Pedon ID: 97NM049012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 97NM049012a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0473
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10156
  • 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: 35.9138870
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0027771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 4400 feet east of SW corner
  • Location Description: On the Pojoaque Indian Reservation about 2 miles northeast of Pojoaque.
  • 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-H1—Espanola, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CDH and JVC.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • 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 - 8/12/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • 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: 8/12/1997 (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

    SPCR

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Juniperus monosperma

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Indian ricegrass

    oneseed juniper

    sand dropseed

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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—103

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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

    8

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    1829

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    135

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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; 6 percent clay; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02844. Less than 2 percent gravel.
    Bk1—8 to 38 centimeters (3.1 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 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 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02845
    Bk2—38 to 73 centimeters (15.0 to 28.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 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 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02846
    Bk3—73 to 104 centimeters (28.7 to 40.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 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 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02847
    BCk—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02848
    2Ck1—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; gravelly loamy very fine sand; 6 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02849
    2Ck2—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly loamy very fine sand; 6 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02850
    2Cr—170 to 180 centimeters (66.9 to 70.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 97P02851. Soft micaceous sandstone bedrock of Skull Ridge Member of Tesuque Formation.