Soil Series Atlas

Penistaja soil series

Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargids

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ftATopsoil0–5 cm · 0–2 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up5–15 cm · 2–6 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up15–41 cm · 6–16 inBt3Subsoil · clay build-up41–56 cm · 16–22 inBkSubsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up56–135 cm · 22–53 inCParent material135–178 cm · 53–70 in050100150cmATopsoil0–5 cm · 0–2 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up5–15 cm · 2–6 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up15–41 cm · 6–16 inBt3Subsoil · clay build-up41–56 cm · 16–22 inBkSubsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up56–135 cm · 22–53 inCParent material135–178 cm · 53–70 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 178 cm (70 in), 6 horizons.

Aridisols — soils of dry climates

Penistaja is mapped on 707,708 acres in 3 states, 327th nationally by area. Besides it, only Forkwood belongs to the great group Haplargids in this atlas. It is the largest of the 31 established series in its family. Its biggest share, 87%, is in New Mexico, where it ranks 9th of 1,301 series. It is the state soil of New Mexico.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderate

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Where Penistaja is mapped

707,708 acres in 17 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizona: 86,401 acresColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew Mexico: 615,185 acresArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtah: 6,122 acresVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Penistaja acres

  1. New Mexico87%
  2. Arizona12%
  3. Utah0.9%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • New Mexico 9th of 1,301 · 1.01%
  • Arizona 155th of 865 · 0.19%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderate

SlowFast
Parent material
Alluvium, slope alluvium, eolian deposits, sandstone, shale
Landform
Plateaus/tablelands, hills
Type location
New Mexico

How it is classified

  1. OrderAridisols
  2. SuborderArgids
  3. Great groupHaplargids
  4. SubgroupUstic Haplargids
  5. FamilyFine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargidsfine-loamy particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Aridisols

Penistaja makes up 0.46% of all mapped Aridisols — the 15th largest of 2,777 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

135 cm over a median of 104 cm

Depth to the subsoil

5 cm under a median of 10 cm

Depth described

178 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

30 other established series share the family “Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargids”

  1. Penistaja708 k
  2. Olney675 k
  3. Hiland641 k
  4. Forkwood568 k
  5. Cushman531 k
  6. Cambria400 k
  7. Bowbac300 k
  8. Hagerman200 k
  9. Blancot174 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Penistaja178 cm · Ustic Haplargids
  2. Forkwood152 cm · Ustic Haplargids

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–5 cm0–2 in5 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up5–15 cm2–6 in10 cm
Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up15–41 cm6–16 in26 cm
Bt3Subsoil: clay build-up41–56 cm16–22 in15 cm
BkSubsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up56–135 cm22–53 in79 cm
CParent material135–178 cm53–70 in43 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2007-07), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides