IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atoka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988-NM015-015-copy
  • User Pedon ID: S1988-NM015-015-copy
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0801
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60919
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 32.3300889
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2131000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet N and 2400 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: 4 mi S of Carlsbad on old cavern Hwy.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM015—Eddy
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-MAF—Marfa, Texas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM614—Eddy Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32104-C2—Otis, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atoka
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2017
  • Classifier - Lynn Loomis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atoka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Paleorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrocalcic

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    76 - 152

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—15

    15—48

    48—76

    76—152

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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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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; SIL of Field texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04216; observed in trench. common very fine roots
    Bw—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; SICL of Field texture class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04217; observed in trench. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; SICL of Field texture class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04218; observed in trench. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    Bkkm1—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); cemented material; fragments.; observed in trench. Hard and moderately hard caliche.
    Bkkm2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); cemented material; fragments.; observed in trench. Moderately hard and some soft calichi.