IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Churipa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99NM049016a
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM049016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99NM049016a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11779
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.6352778
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1205556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet east and 1100 feet south of north 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: 35106-F1—Agua Fria, New Mexico

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1999 (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

    JUMO

    MUTO2

    PLJA

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Juniperus monosperma

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Yucca

    blue grama

    oneseed juniper

    ring muhly

    James' galleta

    yucca

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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

    9

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    591

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    225

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .26L.
    Bt1—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; clay films: 1fpf.
    Bt2—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .29L; clay films: 1 dpf, 1fpf.
    Btk—24 to 33 centimeters (9.4 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; cobbly loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: high; % CaCO3: 3; clay films: 1dp, 1fpf; visible CaCO3: 2fisc, 2cr,isc.
    Bk—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; cobbly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. excavation difficulty: high; 2C (mmhos/cm): .32L; % CaCO3: 20; visible CaCO3: 2fisc, 1cisc.
    Bkqm—44 to 75 centimeters (17.3 to 29.5 inches); fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 00P01924. excavation difficulty: ex. high.
    Bk'—75 to 91 centimeters (29.5 to 35.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), white (7.5YR 8/1), dry; extremely cobbly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. excavation difficulty: very high; 2C (mmhos/cm): .93L; % CaCO3: 31; visible CaCO3: III.
    2R—231 centimeters (90.9 inches); fragments. hard basalt bedrock; excavation difficulty: ex. high.