LOCATION NUTIVOLI NM+TXEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, thermic Aridic Ustipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Nutivoli fine sand, on a west-facing, convex, undulating plain, 8 percent slope in rangeland at an elevation of about 1,174 meters (3,850 feet). (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 15 cm (0 to 6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sand, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; single grain; loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine and fine, and few medium roots; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. (10 to 38 cm thick)
C1--15 to 38 cm (6 to 15 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand, red (2.5YR 4/6) moist; weak coarse prismatic structure parting to single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine and fine, and few medium roots; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. (20 to 51 cm thick)
C2--38 to 102 cm (15 to 40 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) moist; weak coarse prismatic structure parting to single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine and fine, and few medium roots; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary. (64 to 102 cm thick)
C3--102 to 203 cm (40 to 80 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sand, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) moist; single grain; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few fine and medium roots; slightly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Chaves County, New Mexico; from the Howell Good Ranch Headquarters, 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) roughly east on county road, 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) south-southeast on private road, 1.6 kilometer (1 mile) east along fence line, then north of road about 64 meters (210 feet) or 805 meters (0.5 mile) north and 161 meters (0.1 mile) west of cattle guard in the NE1/4 SE1/4 Sec. 16, T. 3 S., R. 28 E. in rangeland; Latitude: 34 degrees, 02 minutes, 40 seconds N; Longitude: 104 degrees, 00 minutes, 26 seconds W; Rippee Ranch, New Mexico USGS quad; NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: An ustic moisture regime bordering on aridic. The soil moisture control section is dry in some or all parts for more than 180 but less than 205 days, cumulative, in normal years. April and October through November are the driest months. These soils are intermittently moist in December through March and May through September.
Mean annual soil temperature: 15 to 17 degrees C (59 to 62 degrees F).
Depth to secondary carbonates: 102 to 152 cm (40 to 60 inches).
Particle-size control section: 1 to 10 percent silicate clay.
Note: buried A horizons are common. Where present, the A horizons extend to 102 cm (40 inches) in some pedons.
A horizon or Ab horizon (where present):
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 5 or 6, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 4 to 8
Texture: fine sand, loamy fine sand
Effervescence: none to very slight
Reaction: neutral or slightly alkaline
C horizon:
Hue: 2.5YR to 7.5YR
Value: 5 or 6, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 4 to 8
Texture: fine sand, loamy fine sand
Effervescence: none to very slight
Reaction: neutral or slightly alkaline
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Likes,
Milsand and
Mocane series. Similar soils also include
Circleback,
Plains,
Tivoli, and
Yoakran series.
Likes and Milsand series: are calcareous and have secondary carbonates within 102 cm (40 inches) of the mineral soil surface.
Circleback series: have lamellae within 102 cm (40 inches) of the mineral soil surface.
Mocane and Tivoli series: moist in the soil moisture control section for longer periods.
Plains and Yoakran series: have an argillic horizon.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: sandy eolian sediments in the Blackwater Draw Formation of Pleistocene age.
Landform: gently undulating to hilly high terraces or plains.
Slopes: 1 to 25 percent.
Mean annual soil temperature: 15 to 17 degrees C (59 to 62 degrees F).
Mean annual precipitation: 305 to 432 millimeters (12 to 17 inches).
Frost-free period: 180 to 195 days.
Elevation: 1,006 to 1,463 cm (3,300 to 4,800 feet).
Thornthwaite annual P-E Index Values: 24 to 30.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Brownfield,
Circleback,
Patricia,
Plains,
Portales,
Milsand, and
Yoakran soils.
Brownfield and Patricia soils: are on lower landscape positions and have an argillic horizon.
Circleback soils: are on similar landscape positions but have lamellae within 102 cm (40 inches) of the mineral soil surface.
Plains and Yoakran soils: are on slightly lower landscape positions and have an argillic horizon.
Portales soils: have a mollic epipedon.
Milsand soils: are on similar landscape positions and are calcareous to the surface.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Excessively drained. Rapid permeability. Runoff is negligible on slopes less than 3 percent, very low on 3 to 5 percent slopes, and low on 5 to 25 percent slopes.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mainly used for livestock grazing. Climax vegetation is tall and mid grasses, with sand bluestem, little bluestem, giant sandreed, and switchgrass dominating. Sand paspalum, sideoats grama, hairy grama and perennial threeawn are the main mid and short grasses. Sand sagebrush, shinoak, and skunkbush are the main shrubs. This is a fragile site and is subject to severe wind erosion if not protected by cover. This soil has been correlated to the Sand Hills (077CY034TX) range site in MLRA-77.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southern High Plains, Southern Part (MLRA 77C in LRR H) of south-central New Mexico and west Texas. These soils are of moderate extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Chaves County (North Part), New Mexico, 1981.
REMARKS: This series was previously included with the Tivoli series.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: 0 to 15 cm. (A horizon)
ADDITIONAL DATA: NSSL data on pedon (S90NM-009-010) from Curry County, NM.
TAXONOMIC VERSION: Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Tenth Edition, 2006.