IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Suposo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NM039001
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11546
  • Print Date: 5/14/2025

    • 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: 36.9347229
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9802780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Dulce metro area
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM039—Rio Arriba
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM650—Rio Arriba Area, New Mexico, Parts of Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36106-H8—Dulce, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TRO
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Suposo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    2073

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; 40 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt2—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; 40 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P00087
    Btk—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Visi-CaCO3: 2lisf
    Bk—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Visi-CaCO3: 2lisf
    Btb—102 to 203 centimeters (40.2 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; 40 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments. Visi-CaCO3: 3lisf