LOCATION PARKELEI NM+UT
Established Series
Rev. SSP/LWH/SAZ/WWJ
09/2018
PARKELEI SERIES
The Parkelei series consists of very deep, well drained, moderate to moderately slowly permeable soils that formed in eolian sand and alluvium, fan alluvium, and slope alluvium derived from sandstone and shale. Parkelei soils are on summits of plateaus and mesas, dipslopes of cuestas, drainageways, fan remnants of valley sides, stream terraces, structural benches and hills. Slopes range from 1 to 10 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 14 inches, and mean annual air temperature is about 50 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Parkelei fine sandy loam-in a Pinyon juniper woodland on a convex, east facing, 6 percent slope at an elevation of 7,200 feet. (Colors are for dry soils unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 4 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; brown (7.5YR 4/3) moist; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine, fine, and few medium roots; few very fine irregular pores; neutral (pH 6.8); abrupt smooth boundary. (2 to 4 inches thick)
Bt1--4 to 18 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many very fine, fine, and few medium roots; few very fine irregular pores; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; neutral (pH 7.0); clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--18 to 28 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) moist; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine and medium roots; few very fine irregular pores; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; slightly alkaline (pH 7.4); clear smooth boundary.
Bt3--28 to 39 inches; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) sandy clay loam, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds and bridging sand grains; 1 percent sandstone gravel; slightly alkaline (pH 7.6); abrupt smooth boundary. (The combined thickness of the Bt horizons is 16 to 43 inches thick)
Btk--39 to 52 inches; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) sandy clay loam, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds and bridging sand grains; very slightly effervescent; common fine masses of calcium carbonate; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear smooth boundary. (2 to 45 inches thick)
Bk--52 to 70 inches; light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) fine sandy loam, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) moist; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; very slightly effervescent; few very fine masses of calcium carbonate; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0). (0 to 45 inches thick)
TYPE LOCATION: McKinley County, New Mexico; Vanderwagon Draw Quadrangle; about 3.4 miles south of Vanderwagen, New Mexico; 1,700 feet north and 2,600 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 31, T.12 N., R.18 W.; 108 degrees 46 minutes 08 seconds west longitude and 35 degrees 13 minutes 25 seconds north latitude.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil Moisture: The SMCS is usually moist, in all parts, for less than 90 cumulative days from April through October. It is usually dry, in some part, for more than 120 days cumulative days during the same period. It is continuously moist in some part November through April, but not moist all parts for 45 consecutive days from January through April. The period of maximum precipitation, is July through October. The soil is driest during May and June. Aridic ustic moisture regime.
Soil Temperature: 47 to 56 degrees F.
Particle-size control section: 20 to 35 percent clay and greater than 35 percent sand
A horizon
Hue: 7.5YR, 10YR
Value: 3 to 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma: 3 or 4 dry, 2 or 4 moist
Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loam, very fine sandy loam
Rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent sandstone gravel or channers
Reaction: neutral to slightly alkaline
Bt horizon
Hue: 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR
Value: 4 to 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma: 2 to 6, dry or moist
Texture: sandy clay loam, clay loam, loam
Rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent sandstone gravel or channers
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline
Btk and Bk horizons
Hue: 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR
Value: 3 to 6 dry, 3 to 7 moist
Chroma: 4 to 8 dry, 2 to 8 moist
Texture: sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy loam, loam
Rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent sandstone gravel or channers
Reaction: slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 2 to 10 percent
Some pedons have C horizons
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Arnor (NM),
Arwite (WY),
Augustine (NM),
Bigbow (KS), Bososnoak (NM),
Carri (AZ),
Celacy (NM),
Celavar (NM),
Dalhart (OK),
Deekay (WY),
Dermala (NM),
Elwop (WY),
Evpark (NM),
Flugle (NM),
Fort Collins (CO),
Gateson (WY),
Iwela (NM),
Lykorly (AZ),
Navajita (NM),
Nyjack (NM),
Oldwolf (WY),
Olnest (CO),
Orlie (NM),
Pinitos (NM),
Rauzi (WY),
Ribera (NM),
Rockybutte (WY),
Stoneham (CO),
Toluca (MT), and
Wagonhound (WY) series. Arnor soils are underlain by weathered granite at 60 to 80 inches. Augustine soils have the base of the argillic horizon at 25 to 40 inches.
Bosonoak soils are effervescent to the surface. Carri, Celacy, Celavar, Evpark, Gateson, Nyjack, Oldwolf, and Ribera soils are moderately deep to a lithic or paralithic contact. Dermala and Iwela soils, have greater than 15 percent rock fragments in the particle-size control section. Flugle and Pinitos soils have the base of the argillic horizon greater than 30 inches. Pinitos soils do not allow rock fragments. Lykorly and Orlie soils have less than 35 percent sand in the particle-size control section. Arnor, Arwite, Bigbow, Dalhart, Deekay, Elwop, Fort Collins, Gateson, Oldwolf, Olnest, Rauzi, Ribera, Rockybutte, Stoneham, Toluca, and Wagonhound soils receive most of the annual precipitation in the spring and fall and are in LRR-E or LRR-G. Navajita soils have 20 to 30 percent volcanic glass and 2 to 15 percent para rocks.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: The Parkelei soils formed in eolian and alluvium, fan alluvium, and slope alluvium derived from sandstone and shale. Parkelei soils are on summits of mesas and plateaus, dipslopes of cuestas, drainageways, fan remnants on valley sides, stream terraces, structural benches and hills. Slopes are 1 to 15 percent. Elevations range from 5,270 to 8,000 feet. The mean annual air temperature is 45 to 59 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is 13 to 18 inches. The frost-free period is 100 to 150 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Bryway,
Evpark, and
Highdye soils on summits of mesas and dipslopes of cuestas; the
Concho,
Fraguni, and
Hosta soils on fan and stream terraces; and the
Toldohn and
Vessilla soils on escarpments of mesas and cuestas. Bryway and Evpark soils are moderately deep to shale and sandstone. Highdye, Toldohn, and Vessilla soils are very shallow and shallow to sandstone and shale. Concho and Hosta soils are fine textured. Fraguni soils have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained, low to medium runoff, moderate and moderately slow permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: This series is used for wood products and rangeland. The present vegetation is pinyon and juniper with an understory of big sagebrush, mountain mahogany, antelope bitterbrush, blue grama, muttongrass, prairie junegrass, western wheatgrass, and bottlebrush squirreltail.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West central New Mexico. MLRA 35, LRR-D. This series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Phoenix, Arizona
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Parts of Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico, 2001.
REMARKS: The type location was moved to the current location in February 2001 to better reflect the series concept.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - the zone from 0 to 4 inches (A horizon)
Argillic horizon - the zone from 4 to 52 inches (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, and Btk horizons)
Classified according to Soil Taxonomy, Second Edition, 1999; Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Twelfth Edition, 2006.
Update and revisions for the correlation of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, January 2010, CEM
Update and revisions for the correlation of Kane County UT642, July 2017, CEM
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.