IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Verano
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99NM049003a
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99NM049003a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0258
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 35.5338889
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7516667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet east and 1100 feet south of north west corner
  • 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-E7—Glorieta, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Verano
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Verano
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1999 (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

    ELEL5

    MUMO

    PIED

    PIPO

    QUGA

    YUCCA

    Elymus elymoides

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Pinus edulis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus gambelii

    Yucca

    squirreltail

    mountain muhly

    twoneedle pinyon

    ponderosa pine

    Gambel oak

    yucca

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    13—91

    64—465

    465—566

    566—0

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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

    52

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    709

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    265

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. slightly decomposed needles, twigs and pine cones.
    A—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very cobbly loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: low; 2C (mmhos/cm): .21L.
    BA—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; very cobbly loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01870. excavation difficulty: mod.; clay films: BR.
    Bt1—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01871. excavation difficulty: mod.; clay films: 2fpf, po.
    Bt2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; very cobbly clay; 52 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01872. excavation difficulty: high; 2C (mmhos/cm): .28L; clay films: 1ppf2dpf,po.
    Bt3—64 to 85 centimeters (25.2 to 33.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; very cobbly clay; 55 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01873. excavation difficulty: high; clay film: 2p2dpf,po.
    Bt4—85 to 135 centimeters (33.5 to 53.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; very cobbly clay; 42 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01874. excavation difficulty: high; clay films: 2dpf,po.
    Bt5—135 to 183 centimeters (53.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. excavation difficulty: mod.; 2C (mmhos/cm): .26L; clay films: 1d 2f, pfpo.
    2Cr—183 to 224 centimeters (72.0 to 88.2 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. soft sandstone bedrock; visible CaCO3: 2misr.
    2R—569 centimeters (224.0 inches); fragments. hard sandstone bedrock.