IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LONTI
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NM017018
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NM017018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NM017018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34762
  • 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: 32.7273369
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2620010
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Southwest of Silver City.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM017—Grant
  • MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM662—Grant County, New Mexico, Central and Southern Parts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32108-F3—Tyrone, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LONTI
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lonti
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1976 (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

    GUSA2

    NOMI

    NOMI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Nolina microcarpa

    Nolina microcarpa

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    broom snakeweed

    sacahuista

    sacahuista

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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

    6

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    1731

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    90

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08746
    A12—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08747
    B1t—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08748
    B21t—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08749
    B22t—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08750
    B23t—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; gravelly sandy clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08751
    B31t—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08752
    B32t—155 to 193 centimeters (61.0 to 76.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08753