IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delphos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NM041004
  • User Pedon ID: S2008NM041004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S08NM041-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0516
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20008
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 33.7226868
  • Std. Longitude: -103.4085922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 S
  • Range: 35 E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 7, T. 7 S., R. 35 E.
  • Map Unit: DeB—Delphos loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 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: 33103-F4—Milnesand NW, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Todd Carr, Ken Scheffe, Craig Byrd, Wayne Hudnall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Delphos
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delphos
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits derived from sedimentary rock over calcareous loamy lacustrine deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • 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: 5/22/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    Artemisia filifolia

    sand sagebrush

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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

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—14

    14—30

    30—118

    30—156

    156—218

    156—218

    182—218

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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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    1299

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    180

    406

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    200

    16

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    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 9 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments.
    Bw—14 to 30 centimeters (5.5 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent.
    2Bk1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent coarse platy strongly coherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent.
    2Bk2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 30 percent fine reticulate noncoherent cemented white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence.
    2Bk3—74 to 92 centimeters (29.1 to 36.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 20 percent fine reticulate noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence.
    2Bk4—92 to 118 centimeters (36.2 to 46.5 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; coarse and 15 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence.
    2Bk5—118 to 156 centimeters (46.5 to 61.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence.
    3Btk1—156 to 182 centimeters (61.4 to 71.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium irregular carbonate masses on surfaces along pores; fragments; violent effervescence. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 403778; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 403778
    3Btk2—182 to 218 centimeters (71.7 to 85.8 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; strong coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 25 percent distinct organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 403779; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 403779