IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abrojo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99NM049011a
  • User Pedon ID: 99NM049011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99NM049011a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0266
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11774
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 35.8588889
  • Std. Longitude: -106.2129167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet east and 850 feet north of south 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: 35106-G2—White Rock, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed Aridic Ustorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Abrojo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Abrojo
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1999
  • 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: 11/10/1999 (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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    JUMO

    PIPO

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Juniperus monosperma

    Pinus ponderosa

    black grama

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    oneseed juniper

    ponderosa pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—13

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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

    50

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    180

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. excavation difficulty: low.
    C1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01912. excavation difficulty: mod.
    C2—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 6 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01913. excavation difficulty: mod.
    C3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 6 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01914. excavation difficulty: mod.
    2C4—76 to 163 centimeters (29.9 to 64.2 inches); light gray (7.5YR 7/1), white (7.5YR 8/1), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01915. excavation difficulty: mod.
    2C5—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 6 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 00P01916. excavation difficulty: mod.