IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bucklebar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM013001
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0899
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: N bank of "Highway 70 gully", about 400 feet S of Highway 70.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.H. Gile
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucklebar
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucklebar
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • 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: 8/1/1988 (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
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Bt—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, loose; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04852
    Btk1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04853. few carbonate threads concentrations; few roots
    Btk2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04854. few carbonate threads concentrations; few carbonate nodules concentrations; few roots
    K&Bt—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); 10 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and 40 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), 10 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and 40 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04855. 10% carbonate nodules colored white (7.5YR 9/2, dry) or pink (7.5YR 8/3, moist), ranging from about 1/2 to 1 1/2 cm diameter; few roots
    Btk1'—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 11 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04856. common carbonate nodules concentrations; few roots
    Btk2'—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04857. few carbonate nodules concentrations; few roots
    BCtk1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 11 percent platy carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04858. a thin (1-3 cm) discontinuous zone of slightly redder, finer and harder material occurs at the base of the horizon and is less than 1 m wide along the exposure; this zone has about 10 to 20 percent carbonate nodules, commonly 1-2 cm diameter; common carbonate nodules concentrations; few roots
    BCtk2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04859. nodules about 1 cm in diameter; few carbonate nodules concentrations; few roots
    Ck—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04860. nodules are about 1 cm diameter, stratified; few carbonate nodules concentrations; few roots
    C1—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04861. stratified; few roots
    C2—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sand; massive; soft; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04862
    C3—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sand; massive; soft; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04863
    Ck'—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); sandy loam; massive; hard; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04864. few carbonate threads concentrations; few carbonate nodules concentrations; few fine roots
    C—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); loamy sand; massive; soft; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 88P04865