IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gomez
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM009002
  • User Pedon ID: 90NM009002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0593
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62526
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 34.3388901
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6441650
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM009—Curry
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Hill and Rusty Dowell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gomez
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Aridic Ustochrepts
  • PSC - 41 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1990 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    BOGR2

    YUCCA

    Aristida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Yucca

    threeawn

    blue grama

    yucca

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    paralithic contact

    calcic horizon

    20—53

    53—89

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    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

    1

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    1269

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    432

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    15

    24

    5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine crumb structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; fine to coarse pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03470. many fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; fine to coarse pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03471. many fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bw2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fine to coarse pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03472. few fine roots; many fine roots
    Bk—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fine to coarse pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03473. few fine roots; few very fine roots
    C1—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03474. few fine roots; few very fine roots
    C2—114 to 185 centimeters (44.9 to 72.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03475. few fine roots; few very fine roots
    Btkb—185 to 201 centimeters (72.8 to 79.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P03476