IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calaveras
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S78NM043003
  • User Pedon ID: S78NM043003
  • User Site Association ID: Valles Caldera Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0622
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46176
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 35.8864379
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5136442
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sandoval County, New Mexico, middle logging road above the movie set; 0.1 mi N of canyon.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM043—Sandoval

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calaveras
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calaveras
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    35

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    135

    69

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    1A 11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak fine crumb structure; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03710. many very fine roots; few medium roots
    1A 12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak fine crumb structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 5.5 coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03711. many coarse roots; common very fine roots
    1A 21—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03712. 3% gravel.; common very fine roots; common coarse roots
    1A 22—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine crumb structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03713. 30% gravel.; common medium roots; few very fine roots
    1A&B—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03714. 15% gravel. Horizon has small lumps of B material that are light colored on the outside (perhaps degradation).; common coarse roots; few very fine roots
    1B 2—64 to 119 centimeters (25.2 to 46.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; sandy loam, sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03715. 7% gravel.; common coarse roots; few very fine roots
    1B 31—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior, yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03716. Moderately thick clay films on coarse fragments.; few fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1B 32—137 to 196 centimeters (53.9 to 77.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03717. Few moderately thick clay films on coarse fragments. 40% gravel.; few fine roots
    1B 33—188 to 239 centimeters (74.0 to 94.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely stony sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P03718. 40% gravel. Thick clay films on top of coarse fragments.; few fine roots