IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tetilla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92NM049003a
  • User Pedon ID: 92NM049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 92NM049003a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0858
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65098
  • 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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.6158333
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1855545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet N and 2625 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: About 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, montmorillonitic Ustollic Paleargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tetilla
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Silver
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan terrace
  • 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

    JUMO

    OPUNT

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Juniperus monosperma

    Opuntia

    Yucca

    blue grama

    squirreltail

    broom snakeweed

    oneseed juniper

    pricklypear

    yucca

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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

    0—8

    8—145

    145—218

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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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    2021

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    180

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    AE—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05310
    Bt1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05311
    Bt2—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05312
    Btk1—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly 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; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05313
    Btk2—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent medium irregular carbonate threads; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05314
    Bk1—145 to 196 centimeters (57.1 to 77.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05315. this horizon is weakly cemented in places with secondary CaCO3; a thin laminar zone, 1-2 mm thick, is present at the top of the horizon; a few stones 10-15"""" wide are also present
    Bk2—196 to 218 centimeters (77.2 to 85.8 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 92P05316. this horizon is weakly cemented in places with secondary CaCO3