IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OJITO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97NM049013a
  • User Pedon ID: 97NM049013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 97NM049013a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0474
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10157
  • 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: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 35.9150009
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0022202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 4600 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: JVC and CDH.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - OJITO
  • PSC - 25 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ojito
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • 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

    BOER4

    JUMO

    OPPO

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Juniperus monosperma

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Indian ricegrass

    black grama

    oneseed juniper

    plains pricklypear

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    222 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    8—62

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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

    16

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    1835

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    270

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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; loamy very fine sand; 6 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy parts to moderate coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02852. Less than 2 percent gravel.
    Bk1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loamy very fine sand; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02853
    Bk2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy very fine sand; 8 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02854
    2BCk—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), 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; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial 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 # 97P02855
    3Ck—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly very fine sand; 4 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02856
    3Cr—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 97P02857. Interbedded soft micaceous sandstone and siltstone bedrock.