IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tijeras
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971NM001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1971NM001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971NM001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43916
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 210 feet South and 100 feet East of the Northwest corner
  • Location Description: west of Sandia Mountains
  • Map Unit: TgB—Tijeras gravelly fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM001—Bernalillo
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM600—Bernalillo County and Parts of Sandoval and Valencia Counties, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tijeras
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granite and/or alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1971 (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

    BLEPH4

    BOER4

    SCBR2

    Blepharoneuron

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Scleropogon brevifolius

    dropseed

    black grama

    burrograss

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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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    1664

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    270

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00361
    Bt2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 71C00362
    Bt3—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00363
    Cac1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft; 0.5 medium roots; carbonate masses; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 71C00364
    C2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; loose; 0.5 medium roots; carbonate masses; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 71C00365
    C3—76 to 103 centimeters (29.9 to 40.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose; 0.5 medium roots; fragments. Lab sample # 71C00366