IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shiprock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971NM045002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970NM045002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971NM045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43861
  • 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: 36.6036166
  • Std. Longitude: -108.1286683
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2,429 feet north and 784 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: FX—Fruitland-Persayo-Sheppard complex, hilly
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM045—San Juan
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM618—San Juan County, New Mexico, Eastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36108-E2—Hugh Lake, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shiprock
  • PSC - 10 to 42 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/2020
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SHIPROCK
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: mesa
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1970 (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

    ARTR2

    BOGR2

    EPHED

    GUTIE

    PLJA

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Ephedra

    Gutierrezia

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    big sagebrush

    blue grama

    jointfir

    snakeweed

    James' galleta

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—10

    10—42

    42—65

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    —32—

    —23—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    10/6/1970

    51

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    15
    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

    1

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    1736

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    270

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00504
    Bt1—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00505
    Bt2—21 to 31 centimeters (8.3 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00506
    Bt3—31 to 42 centimeters (12.2 to 16.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00507
    BCk1—42 to 65 centimeters (16.5 to 25.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00508
    BCk2—65 to 107 centimeters (25.6 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00509
    BCk3—107 to 133 centimeters (42.1 to 52.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00510
    BCk4—133 to 156 centimeters (52.4 to 61.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00511
    BCk5—156 to 208 centimeters (61.4 to 81.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; extremely coarse spherical carbonate masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00512
    BCk6—208 to 223 centimeters (81.9 to 87.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red. Lab sample # 70C00513