IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Estacado
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 077D-S99NM009004 Chavero
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12632
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 34.4828682
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6424408
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the intersection of US Hwy 60/84 and State Hwy 268 in melrose, 3.8 mi N on State Hwy 268, 0.7 mi W on county road 15, then 50 ft N in field
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM009—Curry
  • MLRA: 77D—Southern High Plains, Southwestern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM669—Curry County and Southwest Part of Quay County, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34103-D6—Melrose West, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MLRA77 Survey Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Estacado
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chavero
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Calc
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Geology: Blackwater Draw Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1999 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—61

    61—203

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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

    0.8

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04429; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine carbonate masses and 1 percent medium carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04430
    Bt—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 5 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04431. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170321; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170321
    Btk—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 2 percent fine carbonate masses and 2 percent medium carbonate nodules and 2 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04432. had a calcimeter reading of 15-20% CCE
    Bk1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 5 percent coarse carbonate masses and 3 percent fine carbonate nodules and 5 percent fine carbonate masses and 3 percent medium carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04433. had a calcimeter reading of 40% CCE
    Bk2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; carbonate masses in matrix and 6 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 10 percent coarse carbonate masses and 6 percent medium carbonate nodules and 10 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04434
    Bk3—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; carbonate masses in matrix and 13 percent coarse carbonate masses and 6 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 13 percent medium carbonate masses and 6 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04435. had a calcimeter reading of 60% CCE
    B'tk—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 3 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 7 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent coarse carbonate nodules and 5 percent coarse carbonate masses and 5 percent medium carbonate masses and 3 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P04436. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170322; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 170322