IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): sedillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971NM061003
  • User Pedon ID: S1971NM061003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971NM061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43914
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .75 miles West of Cibola National Forest and 1.3 miles East of tank on West match line
  • Map Unit: SG—Sedillo very gravelly loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM061—Valencia
  • MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM612—Valencia County, New Mexico, Eastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, siliceous, superactive, mesic Calcic Paleargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - sedillo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SEDILLO
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gravelly alluvium
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6778
  • 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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    MUTO2

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    black grama

    blue grama

    ring muhly

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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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

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    270

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    1798

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    6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00348
    B1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00349
    Bt21—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00350
    Bt22—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 32 percent clay; 0.5 medium roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 71C00351
    Bt23—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; 0.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00352
    Cac1—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), moist; very gravelly loam; 23 percent clay; hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00353
    C2—89 to 135 centimeters (35.0 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 71C00354