IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pastura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P02NM049008
  • User Pedon ID: P02NM049008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: P02NM049008
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0605
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15510
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 35.2080278
  • Std. Longitude: -105.9367222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jason Nemecek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pastura
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pastura
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian over alluvium
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/2002 (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

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—3

    13—36

    38—56

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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

    4

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    2018

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    220

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03039
    Bk1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03040
    Bk2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly loam; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03041
    Bk3—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 9 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 02N03042
    Bkm1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), white (10YR 8/1), moist; very high excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03043
    Bkm2—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), white (10YR 8/1), moist; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03044