IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arizer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010NM041004
  • User Pedon ID: S2010NM041004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10NM041004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40018
  • 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: 33.9912491
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7714691
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 S
  • Range: 30 E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: nw 1/4 of the nw 1/4 of S. 2, T. 4 S., R. 30 E.
  • Map Unit: AzB—Arizer sandy clay loam, 1 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-H7—San Juan Mesa East, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Todd Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Calcidic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arizer
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arizer
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock and/or 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: 10/30/2009 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btkk

    Btk1

    Btk2

    0

    15

    41

    57

    104

    137

    15

    41

    57

    104

    137

    203

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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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btkk

    Btk1

    Btk2

    0

    15

    41

    57

    104

    137

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    57

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    203

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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 %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btkk

    Btk1

    Btk2

    0

    15

    41

    57

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

    BOGR2

    OPIM

    OPUNT

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Opuntia imbricata

    Opuntia

    Yucca

    blue grama

    tree cholla

    pricklypear

    yucca

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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—41

    41—203

    57—203

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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

    61

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 42 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 25 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 472895; continuous - phpvsfiid 472895
    Bt2—41 to 57 centimeters (16.1 to 22.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 40 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 12.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 35 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 472896; continuous - phpvsfiid 472896
    Btkk—57 to 104 centimeters (22.4 to 40.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) broken face, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented pink (5YR 7/4), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 472897; patchy - phpvsfiid 472897
    Btk1—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472898; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472898
    Btk2—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 40 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472899; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472899