IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cajete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S80NM043002
  • User Pedon ID: S80NM043002
  • User Site Association ID: Valles Caldera Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48321
  • 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: 35.8331054
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5722566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 yards south of dirt tank in SW corner of El Cajete, 25 feet north of ridge crest. State plane coordinates 1,758,500 feet N and 404,500 feet E.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM043—Sandoval
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM656—Sandoval County Area, New Mexico, Parts of Los Alamos, Sandoval, and Rio Arriba Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy-skeletal, frigid
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cajete
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2008
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cajete
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: bandelier tuff
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine crumb structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00127
    A12—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00128
    B2—38 to 84 centimeters (15.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00129
    C1—84 to 115 centimeters (33.1 to 45.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00130
    C2—115 to 124 centimeters (45.3 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 60 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00131
    C3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter pumice fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red. Lab sample # 81P00132