IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LA FONDA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM057001
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM057001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NM057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64568
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 34.5033340
  • Std. Longitude: -106.2791672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM057—Torrance
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM674—Torrance Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chaves
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LA FONDA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - La Fonda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1991 (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

    HIJA

    SIHY

    Hilaria jamesii

    Sitanion hystrix

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—8

    8—48

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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

    6

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    315

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02022
    Bw—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02023
    Bw2—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02024
    Bw3—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02025
    Bk—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02026
    C—97 to 178 centimeters (38.2 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 92P02027