IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chavaro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010NM041003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010NM041003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10NM041003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40017
  • 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: 33.8717766
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7369156
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5 S
  • Range: 30 E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: se 1/4 of the ne 1/4 of S. 13, T. 5 S., R. 30 E.
  • Map Unit: CvB—Chavaro loam, 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-H6—Elida, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Todd Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Calcidic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chavaro
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chavaro
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Bkk

    B'k3

    0

    10

    18

    37

    48

    80

    110

    166

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

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    Bt

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    Btk2

    Btk3

    Bkk

    B'k3

    0

    10

    18

    37

    48

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    166

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    Bt

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Bkk

    B'k3

    0

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    18

    37

    48

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    110

    166

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    203

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    OPIM

    PLMU3

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Opuntia imbricata

    Pleuraphis mutica

    threeawn

    blue grama

    tree cholla

    tobosagrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—37

    18—48

    48—203

    —37—

    —30—

    —155—
    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

    61

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    1395

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    406

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; loam; 55 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 16 percent clay; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary.
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 29 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; diffuse smooth boundary.
    Bt—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 30 percent clay; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472888; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472888
    Btk1—37 to 48 centimeters (14.6 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) broken face, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 30 percent clay; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472889; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472889
    Btk2—48 to 80 centimeters (18.9 to 31.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 17 percent clay; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    Btk3—80 to 110 centimeters (31.5 to 43.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; loam; 50 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 18 percent clay; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pink (5YR 7/4), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Bkk—110 to 166 centimeters (43.3 to 65.4 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2) broken face, pink (5YR 7/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    B'k3—166 to 203 centimeters (65.4 to 79.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 26 percent clay; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pink (5YR 7/4), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout and 1 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pink (5YR 8/4), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.