IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Simona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NM015007
  • User Pedon ID: 87NM015007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60180
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 32.8100014
  • Std. Longitude: -104.1466675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 28E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet S and 2400 feet E of NW corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM015—Eddy

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, thermic Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Simona
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sinomo
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic Paleorthi
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (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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    1A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00320. 15% gravel.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bw—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00321. 10% gravel.; common very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots
    1Bk—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; very cobbly fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00322. 5% gravel.; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bkm—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); fragments. Fractured petrocalcic.