IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Redona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM047002
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM047002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NM047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0530
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63572
  • 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: 35.5250015
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6991653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM047—San Miguel
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Hill, Cy Skoll, Leroy Hacker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Redona
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tucumcari
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1991 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BUDA

    HIJA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Hilaria jamesii

    blue grama

    buffalograss

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    5—157

    30—142

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    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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    1260

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    90

    38

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    15

    25

    5

    16

    26

    6

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    9156

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03065. few medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bt1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; medium spherical worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03066. many fine and medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226811; continuous - phpvsfiid 226811
    Bt2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03067. many fine and medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226812; continuous - phpvsfiid 226812
    Btk—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and faint carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03068. few fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226813; patchy - phpvsfiid 226814; continuous - phpvsfiid 226813; patchy - phpvsfiid 226814
    Btk2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and faint carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03069. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226815; patchy - phpvsfiid 226816; continuous - phpvsfiid 226815; patchy - phpvsfiid 226816
    Btk3—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam, fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and faint carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03070. few fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226817; patchy - phpvsfiid 226818; continuous - phpvsfiid 226817; patchy - phpvsfiid 226818
    Bt3—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03071. few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 226819; continuous - phpvsfiid 226819