IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ROQUES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NM039009
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NM039009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50374
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.8491974
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7408829
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 7.9 miles west of Chama, NM. 2,128,857 feet north and 366,252 feet east New Mexico State Plane Coordinates.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM039—Rio Arriba
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM650—Rio Arriba Area, New Mexico, Parts of Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Vertic Haplustepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ROQUES
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roques
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, frigid Typic Ustochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landform: valley side
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    25

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    2310

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    135

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary.
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary.
    B2—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00668
    C1—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary.
    C2—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary.
    C3—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary.
    C4g—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay; 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red.