IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM013002
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0900
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 300 feet W of Moongate Road.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.H. Gile
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • 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: 7/1/1988 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    1399

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    270

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    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04866. noncalcareous; sample offset 2.3 m to north because of trench disturbance
    Bt—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 88P04867. sand grains coated with silicate clay, noncalcareous; few roots
    Btk1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04868. some sand grains coated or partly coated with silicate clay, others with carbonate; few roots
    Btk2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04869. some sand grains coated or partly coated with silicate clay, others with carbonate; few roots
    Btk3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04870. sand grain and pebbles in reddish brown parts have coatings and bridges of silicate clay, in light brown parts have carbonate coatings; reddish brown parts noncalcareous or slightly effervescent; light brown parts strongly effervescent; few roots
    K1—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04871. dominantly K-fabric; few roots
    K21—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04872. few roots
    K22—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04873. few roots
    Bk—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loamy sand; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04874. discontinuous carbonate coatings on sand grains and pebbles; few roots
    K—99 to 109 centimeters (39.0 to 42.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04875. this horizon contains by far the largest rock fragment in the pedon, a flattish monzonite cobble about 11 cm in diameter and 5 cm thick (not included in sample); laterally to the east this horizon grades out as gravel content decreases; few roots
    C1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04876. mostly stratified; a few reddish Krotovinas, not stratified, and not included in sample; few roots
    C2—130 to 142 centimeters (51.2 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04877
    Ck—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 88P04878. carbonate nodules occur in a single zone, on both sides of which there is much less carbonate; nodules again become more numerous about 15-20 cm to the east and west of the sampled zone