IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Royosa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980NM053005
  • User Pedon ID: 80NM053005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0471
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48247
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 34.0966682
  • Std. Longitude: -107.5708313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM053—Socorro

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aridic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Royosa
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinavetes
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1980 (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
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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02629. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02630. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C2—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02631. few very fine roots
    1C3—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02632. common very fine roots
    1C4—97 to 165 centimeters (38.2 to 65.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; very fine sand; single grain; loose, loose; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P02633. common fine roots