PERMFILE68700

• Permit No: C1981008A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/30/2007
• Doc Name: Taxonomic Unit Descriptions
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section 2.04.9 Attachment 2.04.9-3
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

BOND SERIES
LOCATION BOND NM+p,Z CO UT
Established Series
Rev. TLP/CDLILWHNVWJ
11/97
The Bond series consists of very shallow and shallow, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in
alluvium and eolian deposits derived from sandstone on cuestas, mesas, hills and ridges. Slopes range from 0 to
50 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 11 inches and mean annual temperature is about 51 degrees
F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superadive, mesic Lithic Ustic Haplargids
TYPICAL PEDON: Bond sandy loam - on dipslopes; northeast aspect of cuesta with 4 percent slopes -rangeland.
(Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A-0 to 3 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam, dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; weak fine granular structure; soft,
very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few medium, fine and very fine roots; few very fine irregular pores;
• neutral; dear smooth boundary. (2 to 4 inches thick)
BA-3 to 7 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam, dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; weak medium subangular blocky
structure; soft, very friable, nonstid<y and nonplastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine
irregular pores; neutral; abmpt smooth boundary. (0 to 4 inches thick)
Bt-7 to 13 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy day loam, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) moist; moderate medium
subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, sticky and slighty plastic, common moderately thick Gay films
on faces of peels and lining pores; common veryfine and fewfine roots; common very fine and fine tubular
pores; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 12 inches thick)
C-13 to 16 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sandyGayloam; brown (7.5YR 5/4) moist; massive; slightlyhard, liable,
slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine roots; common very fine irregular pores; strongly
effervescent; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 4 inches thick)
2R-16 inches; sandstone.
TYPE LOCATION: Cibola County, New Mexico; about 7 miles north of Milan; 300 feet south and 2,600 feet east
of the northwest comer, sec. 8, T. 12 N., R. 10 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
• Soil Moisture; Usually dry, dry in all parts of the soil moisture control section in late spring and earty summer, but
(Revised March 2006) Attachment 2.04.9-3-9