IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clovis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM057004
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM057004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NM057004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64575
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 35.0105553
  • Std. Longitude: -105.9113922
  • 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

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • PSC - 5 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1991
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    HIJA

    SIHY

    Aristida

    Hilaria jamesii

    Sitanion hystrix

    threeawn

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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

    3

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02063
    Bt1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02064
    Bt2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02065
    Bk1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02066
    2Bk2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02067
    2Bk3—97 to 178 centimeters (38.2 to 70.1 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) exterior and pink (5YR 7/4) interior, pinkish white (5YR 8/2) exterior and reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 92P02068