IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Redona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NM037005
  • User Pedon ID: 91NM037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NM037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0533
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63575
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 35.0347214
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8177795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM037—Quay
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Redona
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Redona
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    PRJU

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Prosopis juliflora

    blue grama

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

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    8—163

    43—163

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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

    2

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    1311

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    135

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    29

    39

    19

    30

    40

    20

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03086; dry when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03087; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226820; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226820
    Bt2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03088; dry when described;. common very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 226821; continuous - phpvsfiid 226821
    Btk1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and distinct carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions and 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03089; dry when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226823; continuous - phpvsfiid 226822; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226823; continuous - phpvsfiid 226822
    Btk2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and distinct carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03090; dry when described;. common medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 226824; continuous - phpvsfiid 226825; continuous - phpvsfiid 226824; continuous - phpvsfiid 226825
    Btk3—102 to 163 centimeters (40.2 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 interstitial and tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and distinct carbonate coats on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses and 11 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P03091; dry when described;. At 53" - check texture difference at redigging; few medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common medium and coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 226826; continuous - phpvsfiid 226827; continuous - phpvsfiid 226826; continuous - phpvsfiid 226827