IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ratliff
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S13NM041003
  • User Pedon ID: S2013NM041003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S13NM041003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0321
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72823
  • 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: 34.4281667
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8927778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM041—Roosevelt
  • MLRA: 77D—Southern High Plains, Southwestern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Craig Byrd
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ratliff
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOCU

    BOGR2

    BOSA

    PAOB

    PRGLT

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bothriochloa saccharoides

    Panicum obtusum

    Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

    Yucca

    sideoats grama

    blue grama

    silver bluestem

    vine mesquite

    western honey mesquite

    yucca

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—13

    13—150

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    —137—
    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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    1284

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; ; ; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01692
    Bk1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; 20 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 25 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01693
    Bk2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; few fine roots throughout; 20 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 20 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01694
    Bk3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout; 25 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 20 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01695
    2Bk4—89 to 115 centimeters (35.0 to 45.3 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 20 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01696
    2Bk5—115 to 150 centimeters (45.3 to 59.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 20 percent carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 14N01697