IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elida
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NM041001
  • User Pedon ID: S2008NM041001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S08NM041-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0513
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20005
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 34.3905067
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8327103
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2 N
  • Range: 30 E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 19, T. 2 N., R. 30 E.
  • Map Unit: EdC—Elida fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM041—Roosevelt
  • MLRA: 77D—Southern High Plains, Southwestern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM041—Roosevelt County, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34103-D7—Krider, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Todd Carr, Ken Scheffe, Craig Byrd, Wayne Hudnall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elida
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elida
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Ustic Calciargids
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFI2

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    MUAR2

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Artemisia filifolia

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Muhlenbergia arenicola

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    sand sagebrush

    threeawn

    blue grama

    sand muhly

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—25

    25—124

    124—216

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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

    1

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    1310

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    120

    381

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    200

    16

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    17

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films on bottom faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 403771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 403771
    Bt2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 403772; continuous - phpvsfiid 403772
    Bt3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 403773; continuous - phpvsfiid 403773
    Bt4—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 403774; continuous - phpvsfiid 403774
    Bkk—124 to 164 centimeters (48.8 to 64.6 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 30 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 30 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries between peds; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    Bk—164 to 184 centimeters (64.6 to 72.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fine roots; 20 percent carbonate, finely disseminated and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries between peds; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary.
    Btkb—184 to 216 centimeters (72.4 to 85.0 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 20 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along pores and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; violent effervescence. patchy - phpvsfiid 403770; patchy - phpvsfiid 403770