IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Estrada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99NM049006a
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM049006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99NM049006a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0261
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11769
  • 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: 35.5405556
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7516667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet west and 2250 feet north of south west 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 #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Estrada
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Estrada
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1999
  • 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: 9/22/1999 (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

    PIED

    PIPO

    PSME

    QUGA

    Pinus edulis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Quercus gambelii

    twoneedle pinyon

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    Gambel oak

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—356

    25—671

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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

    7

    718

    306

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01885. excavation difficulty: low; 2C (mmhos/cm): .18L.
    AB—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01886. excavation difficulty: low; % CaCO3: 2; percent rock fragments: <2 gr.
    Bt1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01887. excavation difficulty: low; 2C (mmhos/cm): .34L; % CaCO3: 4; clay films: 1d1fptpo.
    Bt2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01888. excavation difficulty: mod.; % CaCO3: 4; percent rock fragments: <2gr; clay films: 2fptpo.
    Btk1—48 to 72 centimeters (18.9 to 28.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01889. excavation difficulty: mod.; % CaCO3: 2; clay films: 1fpfpo; visible CaCO3: 2fsf.
    Btk2—72 to 104 centimeters (28.3 to 40.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate thick platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .31L; clay films: 1fptpo; visible CaCO3: 2msf, 2vfsp.
    Bt'1—104 to 139 centimeters (40.9 to 54.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: high; percent rock fragments: <2Gr.; clay films: 1fpfpo.
    Bt2—139 to 264 centimeters (54.7 to 103.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .38L; clay films: 2dptpo.
    BC—264 to 311 centimeters (103.9 to 122.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. percent rock fragments: <2gr; excavation difficulty: mod.