IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montoya
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982NM011002
  • User Pedon ID: 82NM011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51288
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 34.1944427
  • Std. Longitude: -104.1294479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 621 meters S and 621 meters E of the NW corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM011—De Baca

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Haplotorrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montoya
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montoya
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Mollic Torrert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    1A11—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02515. many very fine and fine roots
    1A2—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02516. many very fine and fine roots
    1Bw1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 55 percent pressure faces and 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02517. Reddish brown 5YR 5/4 sandy clay loam in 1 to 2 cm cracks and coats the peds.; many pressure faces surface features; many intersecting slickensides surface features; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bw2—20 to 34 centimeters (7.9 to 13.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 55 percent pressure faces and 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02518. Sandy clay loam material is in cracks and coating kpeds. Wedge shaped aggregates 1 to 2 cm thick are in cracks between blocks. Many worm casts between peds.; many pressure faces surface features; many intersecting slickensides surface features; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bw3—34 to 70 centimeters (13.4 to 27.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 55 percent pressure faces and 55 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02519. Wedge shaped aggregates 1 to 2 cm thick are in cracks between blocks.; many pressure faces surface features; many intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bw4—70 to 102 centimeters (27.6 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02520
    1Bk1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02521. Few small soft masses of carbonate.
    1Bk2—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02522. Common soft masses of carbonate.
    2C—163 to 180 centimeters (64.2 to 70.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 82P02523