IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010NM041005
  • User Pedon ID: S2010NM041005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10NM041005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0247
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40019
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.8645477
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7685165
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5 S
  • Range: 30 E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: sw 1/4 of the sw 1/4 of S. 14, T. 5 S., R. 30 E.
  • Map Unit: KeB—Kenhill 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-G7—Kenna, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Todd Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Petrocalcic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenhill
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenhill
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/2009
  • 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: loamy eolian deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: mesa
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/2009 (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

    Bt3

    Bkkm

    Bkk1

    Bkk2

    Bkk3

    0

    15

    33

    52

    72

    110

    129

    173

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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

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    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bkkm

    Bkk1

    Bkk2

    Bkk3

    0

    15

    33

    52

    72

    110

    129

    173

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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

    Bt3

    Bkkm

    Bkk1

    Bkk2

    Bkk3

    0

    15

    33

    52

    72

    110

    129

    173

    15

    33

    52

    72

    110

    129

    173

    203

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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

    PLMU3

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Opuntia imbricata

    Opuntia

    Pleuraphis mutica

    blue grama

    tree cholla

    pricklypear

    tobosagrass

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrocalcic

    indurated

    72 - 110

    - 38 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—33

    15—72

    72—110

    110—203

    —33—

    —57—

    —38—

    —93—
    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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    406

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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; loam; 60 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 14 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; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 7.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 50 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 472901; continuous - phpvsfiid 472901
    Bt2—33 to 52 centimeters (13.0 to 20.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 60 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 472902; continuous - phpvsfiid 472902
    Bt3—52 to 72 centimeters (20.5 to 28.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, 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 strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472903; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 472903
    Bkkm—72 to 110 centimeters (28.3 to 43.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3) broken face, pink (7.5YR 7/3) broken face, moist; cemented material; strongly coherent; impermeable permeability; 2.0 fine roots in cracks; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkk1—110 to 129 centimeters (43.3 to 50.8 inches); white (7.5YR 8/1) broken face, pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 55 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkk2—129 to 173 centimeters (50.8 to 68.1 inches); white (7.5YR 8/1) broken face, pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 70 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bkk3—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) broken face, pink (7.5YR 8/3) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 40 percent faint irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry, carbonate, finely disseminated with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented white (7.5YR 8/1), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small