IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milsand
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM009011
  • User Pedon ID: 90NM009011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM009011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0602
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62535
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 34.3436127
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6855545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM009—Curry
  • MLRA: 77—Southern High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Hill and Rusty Dowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Aridic Ustipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milsand
  • PSC - 41 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Likes
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Ustipsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • 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

    ANGE

    Andropogon gerardii

    big bluestem

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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

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    1271

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    432

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    15

    24

    5

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and 2.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03531. common fine roots; common medium roots
    C1—20 to 76 centimeters (7.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03532. common fine roots; common medium roots
    Ab—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03533. common fine roots; common very fine roots
    C2—97 to 180 centimeters (38.2 to 70.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P03534. common fine roots; common very fine roots