IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delnorte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985TX141001
  • User Pedon ID: 85TX141001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0646
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56912
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 31.9127769
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5433350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approx 10 mi N of El Paso via I-10; 2.4 mi E of I-10 at Canutillo, on Trans-Mountain road .55 mi N on road.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX141—El Paso

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Delnorte
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delnorte
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Paleorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03338. About 30 percent by volume ofmixed volcanic pebbles mostly less than 2.5 cm in diamter; common fine to medium weakly cemented concretions of calcium carbonate in lower part.; few fine roots
    1Bkm1—12 to 51 centimeters (4.7 to 20.1 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; unknown texture; extremely hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03339. Weakly cemented calchie with laminar cap about 2.5 cm thick; roots along fractures at 15-30 cm intervals; about 50% by volume of embedded volcanic pebbles mostly less than 2.5 cm in diameter; few weakly cemented bodies of calcium carbonate a; few fine roots
    1Bkm2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; unknown texture; hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03340. Weakly cemented caliche; 70% by volume of embeded volcanic pebbles mostly 2.5-5 cm in diameter, with few cobbles; lower surface of fragments contain very weakly cemented coatings of calcium carbonate less than 0.5 cm thick.; few fine roots
    1Ck1—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03341. Few local spots less than 7.5 cm in diameter are weakly cemented with calcium carbonate; 70% by volume ofmixed volcanic fragments lostly less than 2.5 cm in diameter but contain about 5% cobbles; lower portion of fragments coated with films; few fine roots
    1Ck2—114 to 155 centimeters (44.9 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03342. 70 percent by volume of mixed volcanic fragments mostly less than 2.5 cm in diameter but contain about 5 percent cobbles; lower portion of fragments are coated with films of calcium carbonate.; few fine roots
    1Ck3—155 to 200 centimeters (61.0 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; cobbly loamy sand; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P03343. 70 percent by volume of mixed volcanic fragments mostly cobbles from 7.5-15 cm in diameter; about 30 percent of all fragments are coated with calcium carbonate, the remainder have patchy films of calcium carbonate on lower surfaces.; few fine roots