IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kwakina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010NM039-001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010NM039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43155
  • 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: 36.0912833
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0567333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Alcalde Agricultural Experiment Station, NM
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM039—Rio Arriba
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM650—Rio Arriba Area, New Mexico, Parts of Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Hibner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kwakina
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluewing
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Rio Grande sandy alluvium derived from mixed and/or Rio Grande sandy alluvium derived from mixed and/or Rio Grande clayey alluvium derived from mixed and/or Rio Grande loamy alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: at 0cm
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat rounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/10/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    C5

    0

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    36

    67

    99

    139

    235

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    67

    99

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap1

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    C1

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    C3

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    36

    67

    99

    139

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    C5

    0

    19

    36

    67

    99

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    secondary carbonates

    ochric epipedon

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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

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    2172

    Alcalde

    SCAN
    Ap1—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 0 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06414; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06415; observed in pit, small
    C1—36 to 67 centimeters (14.2 to 26.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sand, sand and gravel, loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06416; observed in pit, small. Stratified Horizon 60% LFS 40% S medium size sands
    C2—67 to 99 centimeters (26.4 to 39.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06417; observed in pit, small. Stratified Horizon Coarse to Fine sands and sandy loams
    C3—99 to 139 centimeters (39.0 to 54.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; coarse sand, sandy loam; structureless massive parts to single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 1.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06418; observed in pit, small
    C4—139 to 235 centimeters (54.7 to 92.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sand, sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06419; observed in pit, small
    C5—235 to 300 centimeters (92.5 to 118.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; clay; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N06420