IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sabroso
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99NM049002a
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99NM049002a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0257
  • 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: 35.5327778
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7530556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet west and 850 feet south of north east corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM687—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35105-E7—Glorieta, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sabroso
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sabroso
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1999 (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

    BOCU

    BOGR2

    JUEF

    JUMO

    PIED

    QUGA

    SPCR

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Juncus effusus

    Juniperus monosperma

    Pinus edulis

    Quercus gambelii

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    sideoats grama

    blue grama

    common rush

    oneseed juniper

    twoneedle pinyon

    Gambel oak

    sand dropseed

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—38

    38—427

    427—0

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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

    48

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    710

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    104

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; extremely cobbly loam; 14 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty class: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .16L.
    AB—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01864. excavation difficulty: mod.
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01865. excavation difficulty class: high; clay films: 2fpf, po.
    Bt2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; very gravelly clay; 45 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01866. excavation difficulty: high; 2C (mmhos/cm): .33L; clay films: 2d, 1fpf,po.
    Bt3—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly clay; 48 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01867. excavation difficulty: high; clay films: 1P, 2d pfpo.
    Bt4—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01868. excavation difficulty: high; clay films: 2p, 1dpf.
    Btk1—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01869. excavation difficulty: high; 2C (mmhos/cm): .38L; % CaCO3: 4; eff: NE-ST; clay films: 1P, 2d; visible CaCO3: 2fisp,sr.
    Btk2—310 to 427 centimeters (122.0 to 168.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: very high; % CaCO3: 5; eff: SL-VE; clay films: 1d, 1fpf; visible CaCO3: 2misp,sr.
    2R—427 centimeters (168.1 inches); fragments. hard sandstone bedrock.