IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAMITA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NM039012
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NM039012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0137
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50377
  • 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: 36.9547501
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6306000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 4.4 miles northwest of Chama, NM, in Sargent Wildlife Area; 2,166,920 feet north, 387,860 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-loamy, mixed, frigid Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAMITA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2009
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chamita
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Cumulic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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: poorly
  • 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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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to strong medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.
    A12—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00682. Sampled 10 to 25 inches.
    A13—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00682
    C1g—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00683. Sampled 25-40 inches.
    C2g—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue.