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(NM), Harvey (NM), Hernandez (NM), Honlu (UT), Numa (CO) and Pultney (CO) series. Abra soils do <br />not have a cambic horizon and have a calcic horizon at a depth of less than 20 inches. Bighams, <br />Bowdish, Creel, and Pultney soils have a lithic or paralithic contact at 20 to 40 inches. Copeman, <br />Harvey, and Honlu soils have a calcic horizon at a depth of less than 24 inches. Hernandez soils are <br />9 to 12 inches deep to the calcic horizon. Numa soils do not have a cambic horizon and in addition are <br />moist for longer periods in the spring.GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Darvey soils are on hills, fan terraces <br />and valley fills. Slope is 0 to 5 percent. The soils formed in alluvium derived from calcareous sandstone <br />and shale and limestone. The elevation is 4,500 to 6,500 feet. The mean annual precipitation is 10 to <br />13 inches, but has ranged to 17 inches in the past. The mean annual soil temperature ranges from 48 <br />to 59 degrees F. The frost-free period is about 150 to 190 days. <br />GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Asparas, Deama, La Fonda, Pastura, and <br />the competing Harvey soils. Asparas soils have an argillic horizon. Deama soils are shallow to <br />limestone. La Fonda soils lack calcic horizons. Pastura soils have petrocalcic horizons. <br />DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow runoff; moderate permeability. <br />USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for rangeland. The vegetation is sideoats grama, black grama, <br />blue grama, soapweed, and sacahuista. <br />DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeastern and south-central New Mexico. The soils are of <br />moderate extent. <br />LRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Temple, Texas <br />SERIES ESTABLISHED: Chaves County (North Part), New Mexico, 1981. <br />REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: <br />Ochric epipedon: The zone from 0 to 6 inches. (A horizon). <br />Cambic horizon: The zone from 6 to 31 inches. (Bw horizons). <br />(Revised June 2008) Attachment 2.04.9-3-22