IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vermejo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NM007006
  • User Pedon ID: 93NM007006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993NM007006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66201
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 36.4619446
  • Std. Longitude: -104.6897202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5.25 mile west of French Corners and 4600 feet north of Highway 58.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM007—Colfax
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM007—Colfax County, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36104-D6—Springer Lake, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vermejo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Ustertic Camborthids
  • PSC - 25 to 90 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1993 (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

    ELELB2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    blue grama

    squirreltail

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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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    1830

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00063
    Bw—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00064
    Bk1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00065
    Bk2—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent pressure faces on faces of peds; 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00066
    Bk3—63 to 160 centimeters (24.8 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent pressure faces on faces of peds; 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 94P00067