IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): San Jon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NM019001
  • User Pedon ID: 85NM019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0774
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57040
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 35.1680565
  • Std. Longitude: -104.3375015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 22E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 25 feet west of northeast corner
  • Location Description: Guadalupe County, NM.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM019—Guadalupe
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R..A. Hill and K.F. Scheffe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - San Jon
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - San Jon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ustochreptic Calciorthi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    225

    33

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    15

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04099. Carbonates disseminated and as few fine concretions.; many fine and medium roots
    1Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04100. Carbonates disseminated and as very few fine concretions.; many fine roots
    1Bw2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04101. Carbonates disseminated and as common medium and fine soft masses and common fine filaments and threads.; common fine roots
    1Bk—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04102. Carbonates are many medium concretions and many medium and large soft masses.; few fine roots
    1Cr—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches);, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; weathered bedrock; fragments. Soft sandstone.