LOCATION LANOLA CO NMEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, carbonatic, mesic Lithic Haplustolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Lanola loam, on a east facing, 6 percent slope in trees and grass at an elevation of 6,060 feet (1847 m). (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 7 inches (0 to 18 cm); brown (10YR 5/3) channery loam, dark brown (10YR 3/3) moist; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine and medium roots; 25 percent limestone channers; 29 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear smooth boundary. (5 to 12 inches thick) The surface is covered by 30 percent channers.
Bk--7 to 12 inches (018 to 31 cm); light gray (10YR 7/2) channery silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; 17 percent limestone channers; common fine distinct carbonate masses; 62 percent calcium carbonate equivalent; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); abrupt smooth boundary. (2 to 8 inches thick)
R--12 inches( 31 cm); hard fractured limestone.
TYPE LOCATION: Las Animas County, Colorado; about 1.5 miles south of Trinchera, Colorado; located about 55 feet east and 1,600 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 5, T. 35 S., R. 59 W.; Trinchera USGS quad; lat. 37 degrees 1 minutes 12.7 seconds N. and long. 104 degrees 2 minutes 56 seconds W., NAD 1983
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: The soil moisture control section is moist intermittently April through August; Ustic moisture regime bordering on aridic.
Mean annual soil temperature: 48 to 54 degrees F ( 9 to 12 degrees C).
Mean summer soil temperature: 68 to 73 degrees F (20 to 23 degrees C).
Depth to lithic contact: 7 to 20 inches (18 to 50 cm)to limestone
Calcium Carbonate equivalent: 40 to 75 percent
Particle-size control section (weighted average):
Clay content: 15 to 27 percent
Sand content: 15 to 45 percent
A horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 or 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture of the fine earth fraction: loam, silt loam
Clay content: 15 to 27 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 35 percent
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 25 to 50 percent
Gypsum: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline
Bk horizon (C horizon in some pedons):
Hue: 7.5YR to 2.5Y
Value: 5 to 7 dry, 3 to 6 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture of the fine earth fraction: loam, silt loam, clay loam
Carbonate free clay content: 18 to 30 percent
Rock fragments: 15 to 35 percent
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 40 to 75 percent
Gypsum: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline
COMPETING SERIES: This is the
Laporte series.
Laporte soils: Laporte at the type location has a maximum precipitation pattern in spring and early summer. Lanola soils have highest precipitation in July and August.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: slope alluvium and residuum derived from limestone.
Landform: hills, cuestas, ridges, and scarps
Slopes: 3 to 25 percent
Elevation: 5,500 to 7,000 feet
Mean annual temperature: 47 to 53 degrees F ( 8 to 12 degrees C).
Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 18 inches (36 to 46 cm)
Precipitation pattern: moist intermittently April though August, with peak periods in July and August. Driest December through February.
Frost-free period: 120 to 160 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Capulin, Penrose, and Ritoazul series. The Capulin soils are very deep and are on fans and in drainageways. The Penrose soils do not have a mollic epipedon and are on hills. The Ritoazul soils are moderately deep to paralithic contact and are on the lower backslopes of hills.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained, very high runoff, saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high.
USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland and wildlife habitat; the potential native vegetation is dominantly needlegrass, true mountain mahogany, little bluestem, sideoats grama, western wheatgrass, gambel's oak, oneseed juniper, twoneedle pinyon, and fringed sagewort
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northeast New Mexico and southeast Colorado; LRR G, MLRA 70; the soil is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Las Animas County, Colorado, Las Animas County soil survey area, Colorado. The name was taken from Nola Butte.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Series control section: 0 to 14 inches (0 to 35 cm).
Particle-size control section: 0 to 14 inches (0 to 35 cm). (A and Bk horizons)
Mollic epipedon: 0 to 8 inches (0 to 20 cm). (A horizon)
Lithic contact: The contact with limestone at 14 inches (35 cm). (R horizon)
Other features: Carbonatic mineralogy (A and Bk horizons)
Remarks: The series was formerly included in the Laporte series. Laporte soils have a precipitation pattern that is typically moist in spring and early summer with a decrease in July and August.
Taxonomic Version: Keys to Soil Taxonomy, tenth Ed., 2006.
ADDITIONAL DATA: National Soil Survey Laboratory Pedon No. 05N0504 Site ID. S05CO-071-004.