IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LONTI
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NM017020
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NM017020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NM017020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1155
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34764
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 32.7490044
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2772827
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 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 #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LONTI
  • PSC - 16 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lonti
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1976
  • 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: 9/14/1976 (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

    MUTO2

    NOMI

    NOMI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Nolina microcarpa

    Nolina microcarpa

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    broom snakeweed

    ring muhly

    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

    1

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    1823

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    135

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08760
    A12—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08761
    B1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08762
    B21—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08763
    B22t—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; gravelly clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08764
    B23t—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; gravelly sandy clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08765
    B3—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; gravelly sandy clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08766