IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM015028
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM015028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61157
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026

    • 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: 32.3661118
  • Std. Longitude: -104.1258316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet S and 2600 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: 2.6 miles NE of Otis.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM015—Eddy

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, thermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harkey
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harkey
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic To
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

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    899

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00561. common very fine roots
    Bk1—10 to 81 centimeters (3.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00562. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bk2—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P00563. few fine roots; common very fine roots