IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): imperial
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967NM061100
  • User Pedon ID: S1967NM061100
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967NM061100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0727
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33786
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Northwest edge of Belen, 300 ft west of Castillo Chapel
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM061—Valencia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, thermic Vertic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - imperial
  • Classificaton Date - 1/19/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - IMPERIAL
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Landform: Rio Grande flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DFB3DD183
  • 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

    DISP

    SPAI

    Distichlis spicata

    Sporobolus airoides

    saltgrass

    alkali sacaton

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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

    0.3

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    1466

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 30 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; 1.09 percentage of salinity; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05356. Original sample number 67L250
    A12—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 30 percent medium salt crystals; fragments; 0.99 percentage of salinity; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05357. Original sample number 67L251
    C1—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; 0.98 percentage of salinity; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05358. Original sample number 67L252
    C2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, thymol-blue; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05359
    C3—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, thymol-blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A05360
    2C4—152 to 185 centimeters (59.8 to 72.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05361