IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tapia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P02NM049010
  • User Pedon ID: P02NM049010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: P02NM049010
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0607
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15512
  • 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: 35.1998611
  • Std. Longitude: -105.9198056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Petronodic Ustic Calciargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tapia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tapia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/2002 (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

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    5—51

    51—135

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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

    2

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    2023

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    180

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03052
    Bt—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate coarse parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03053
    Btk—20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly silt loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03054
    Bk1—50 to 76 centimeters (19.7 to 29.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; ultra acid, pH 3.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03055
    Bk2—76 to 133 centimeters (29.9 to 52.4 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; extremely cobbly loam; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; ultra acid, pH 3.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03056
    Bk3—133 to 170 centimeters (52.4 to 66.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; massive; soft, loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03057
    Bk4—170 to 254 centimeters (66.9 to 100.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 02N03058