IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TIJERAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971NM001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1971NM001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971NM001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43917
  • 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: 35.1147881
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5139160
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 130 feet west of southeast corner
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TIJERAS
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-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: old alluvium derived from limestone and/or alluvium derived from granite
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • 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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    270

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00368
    Bt21—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00369
    Bt22—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and massive; hard, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00370
    Batc3—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; massive; hard, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00371
    Cac1—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; stratified gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00372
    C2—81 to 137 centimeters (31.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; stratified very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 71C00373