IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Notal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NM045007
  • User Pedon ID: 85NM045007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985NM045007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0687
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 36.4097214
  • Std. Longitude: -108.7486115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25n
  • Range: 18w
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 485 feet north and 1,948 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Navajo Indian Reservation; Shiprock Soil Survey.
  • Map Unit: 170—Notal sandy clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM045—San Juan
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM717—Shiprock Area, Parts of San Juan County, New Mexico and Apache County, Arizona
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36108-D6—Little Water, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, calcareous, mesic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Notal
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tocito
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluventic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ATOB

    SALSO

    Atriplex obovata

    Salsola

    mound saltbush

    Russian thistle

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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

    0

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    1721

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate thick platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03536. 2 to 15 inches thick
    2Bw—5 to 36 centimeters (2.0 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 4 to 16 inches thick
    2By—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 10 to 20 inches thick
    3C1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very thick platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    3C2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak very thick platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    3C3—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    3C4—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. combined thickness of the C horizons is 9 to 44 inches