IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAMITA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NM039011
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NM039011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50376
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 36.9555817
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6411591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 5.0 miles northwest of Chama, New Mexico, in Sargent Wildlife Area; 2,167,294 feet north, 384,168 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-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAMITA
  • PSC - 25 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2004
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oscillo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Cumulic Udic Haploboroll
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: valley floor
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • 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

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    2505

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    45

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00676
    B1—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00677
    B2—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00679
    C1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C3g—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.
    C4g—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue.