IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herrada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99NM049005a
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM049005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99NM049005a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0260
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11768
  • 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: 35.5394444
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7533333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 950 feet west and 1500 feet north of south east 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrada
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrada
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1999 (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

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    PIED

    PIPO

    QUGA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Pinus edulis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Quercus gambelii

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    twoneedle pinyon

    ponderosa pine

    Gambel oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—25

    58—445

    587—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

    8

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    713

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    297

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: low; 2C (mmhos/cm): .31L; percent rock fragments: 5.
    AB—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01879. excavation difficulty: low; percent rock fragments: 2.
    BA—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01880. excavation difficulty: mod.; percent rock fragments: 5.
    Bt1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly 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; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01881. excavation difficulty: mod.; clay films: 1fpf.
    Bt2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01882. excavation difficulty: high; 2C (mmhos/cm): .39L; percent rock fragments: 2; clay films: 1d,2fpf.
    Bt3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01883. excavation difficulty: high; percent rock fragments: 2; clay films: 2d, 1fpf.
    Btk1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01884. excavation difficulty: high; 2C (mmhos/cm): .44L; % CaCO3: 1; percent rock fragments: 2; clay films: 2d,1fpf; visible CaCO3: 2cisp.
    Btk2—130 to 175 centimeters (51.2 to 68.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate very thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: High; % CaCO3: 3; clay films: 1fff; visible CaCO3: 1cisp.
    3R—445 centimeters (175.2 inches); fragments. hard sandstone bedrock
    2C—445 centimeters (175.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: high; percent rock fragments: 10pgr.