IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CALABASAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92NM049002a
  • User Pedon ID: 92NM049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 92NM049002a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0857
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65097
  • User Project ID: 2023 - SW-SAN - Multi-MLRA
  • Project Name: MLRA 36 - MLRA 42C - MLRA 35 - MLRA 48A - MIR Lab Data for Type Location Soil Samples
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.5836105
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1852798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet W and 1300 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: About 3.5 miles NW of La Cienega.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM687—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35106-E2—Tetilla Peak, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Ustollic Paleargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CALABASAS
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calabasas
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mesa
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1992 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    ELEL5

    GUSA2

    MUTO2

    OPUNT

    SPCR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Opuntia

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    blue grama

    squirreltail

    broom snakeweed

    ring muhly

    pricklypear

    sand dropseed

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    duripan

    duripan

    0—10

    10—81

    81—124

    124—137

    178—206

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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

    1

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    1914

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    180

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05301
    Bt—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05302
    Btk1—30 to 44 centimeters (11.8 to 17.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05303
    Btk2—44 to 62 centimeters (17.3 to 24.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05304
    Btk3—62 to 81 centimeters (24.4 to 31.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05305
    Bkq—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent silica concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05306
    Bkqm—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist; moderate very coarse platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05307
    B'kq—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent silica concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05308
    B'kqm—178 to 206 centimeters (70.1 to 81.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; moderate very coarse platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 92P05309