IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Altega
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99NM049008a
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM049008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99NM049008a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0263
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11771
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.5377778
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7802778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2225 feet and 650 feet north of SW 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 #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Altega
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Altega
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1999
  • 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: 9/14/1999 (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

    BOGR2

    BRTE

    ELEL5

    GUSA2

    KOELE

    PIED

    SPGR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus tectorum

    Elymus elymoides

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Koeleria

    Pinus edulis

    Spartina gracilis

    blue grama

    cheatgrass

    squirreltail

    broom snakeweed

    Junegrass

    twoneedle pinyon

    alkali cordgrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—373

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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

    3

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    696

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    110

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01896. excavation difficulty:low; 2C (mmhos/cm): .23L; percent rock fragments: <2gr.
    Bt1—6 to 23 centimeters (2.4 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01897. excavation difficulty: low; percent rock fragments: <2 gr; clay films: 1fpf.
    Bt2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01898. excavation difficulty: mod; 2C (mmhos/cm): .32L; percent rock fragments: <2gr; clay films: 1fpf.
    Btk—48 to 62 centimeters (18.9 to 24.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01899. excavation difficulty: mod.; %CaCO3: 3; percent rock fragments: <2 gr.; clay films: 1 fpf; visible CaCO3: 1misp.
    BAtkb—62 to 74 centimeters (24.4 to 29.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; loam; 27 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01900. excavation difficulty: mod.; % CaCO3: 3; percent rock fragments: <2 gr.; clay films: 1d 1f pf; visible CaCO3: 3Cisp.
    Btkb1—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01901. excavation difficulty: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .44L; percent rock fragments: <2gr; clay films: 1fpf; visible CaCO3: 3cisp.
    Btkb2—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01902. excavation difficulty: mod.; % CaCO3: 2; clay films: 1 fpf; visible CaCO3: 1fisp.
    2Bkb1—147 to 206 centimeters (57.9 to 81.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .47L; visible CaCO3: 1cisp 2m.
    2Bkb2—206 to 257 centimeters (81.1 to 101.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; % CaCO3: 1; visible CaCO3: 1 misp.
    3R—653 centimeters (257.1 inches); fragments. hard sandstone bedrock.