IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Breadsprings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NM031001
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999NM031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0322
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 35.4921944
  • Std. Longitude: -108.9025277
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet West and 500 feet South of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 10 miles west of Gallup, New Mexico.
  • Map Unit: 240—Breadsprings and Nahodish soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM031—McKinley
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM692—McKinley County Area, New Mexico, McKinley County and Parts of Cibola and San Juan Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35108-D8—Manuelito, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Breadsprings
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ustifluventic Hap
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1999
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ATCAC

    BOGR2

    PASM

    PASM

    PLJA

    SAVE4

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    fourwing saltbush

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

    James' galleta

    greasewood

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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

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02325. Eff: E
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; 27 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P02326. Eff: E
    Bw2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02327. Eff:Es; Pores: 3, vf, irr
    Bk—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02328. Eff: E; Pores: 1, vf, irr; CaCO3: 1, f, sm
    Ck1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02329. structure: stratified; Eff: E; pores: 1, vf, irr; CaCO3: 1, vf, sm, sf
    Ck2—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; 26 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02330. structure: stratified, pockets of 1, f, pl; Eff: evs; pores: 1, vf, irr; CaCO3: 1, vf, sm.
    Ck3—91 to 178 centimeters (35.8 to 70.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silt loam; 19 percent clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P02331. structure: highly stratified; Eff: evs; pores: 2, vf, irr; CaCO3: 1, vf, sm, sf.