IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): El Rancho
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97NM049004a
  • User Pedon ID: 97NM049004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 97NM049004a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0465
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10148
  • User Project ID: 2023 - 8-SAN - Multi-MLRA
  • Project Name: MLRA 36 - MLRA 42C - MLRA 35 - MLRA 48A - MIR Lab Data for Type Location Soil Samples
  • 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: 35.8250008
  • Std. Longitude: -105.9752808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet south and 1850 feet east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: On the Tesuque Indian Reservation about 0.25 miles east of Camel Rock.
  • Map Unit: 121—El Rancho silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM687—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35105-G8—Tesuque, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JVC. CDH.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Ustic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - El Rancho
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulando
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/16/1997 (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

    ACHY

    ARIST

    ELEL5

    JUMO

    KRLA2

    PLJA

    SPAI

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Aristida

    Elymus elymoides

    Juniperus monosperma

    Krascheninnikovia lanata

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus airoides

    Indian ricegrass

    threeawn

    squirreltail

    oneseed juniper

    winterfat

    James' galleta

    alkali sacaton

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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—95

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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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    1929

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    315

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02785. Less than 2 percent gravel; common thin (1-2 mm wide) cracks.
    Bw1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly 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; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02786. Less than 2 percent gravel; common thin (1-2 mm wide) cracks.
    Bw2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly 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; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02787. less than 2 percent gravel; few cracks lined with prominent reddish brown clay films; few thin lenses of VFSL and few laminae of silt.
    Bw3—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02788. Less than 2 percent gravel; few cracks lined with prominent reddish brown clay films; few thin lenses VFSL and few laminae of silt; thin lenses of GR-LS about 1"" thick.
    BC—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02789. Few 1-5 mm wide cracks lined with prominent reddish brown clay films; common thin lense of VFSL.
    C1—135 to 216 centimeters (53.1 to 85.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02790. Less than 2 percent gravel; few 2-5 mm wide cracks lined with reddish brown clay films; few thin lenses and laminae of VFSL.
    C2—216 to 236 centimeters (85.0 to 92.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P02791. Less than 2 percent gravel; few thin lenses and laminae of VFSL.