IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HESPERUS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NM039010
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NM039010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0135
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50375
  • 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: 36.9339180
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5978241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 3.9 miles northwest of Chama, New Mexico, in Sargent Wildlife Area; 2,158,225 feet north, 397,760 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: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HESPERUS
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tarnav
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: 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
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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00669
    B1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00670
    Bt21—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; cobbly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00671
    Bt22—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very cobbly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00672
    Bt22—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very cobbly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00673
    Bt23—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 82P00674
    Bt23—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 82P00675