IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM013100
  • User Pedon ID: 90NM013100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0190
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: north bank of Highway 70 gully, 15m west of Onite pedon sampled
  • 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 #: 100
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1990 (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
    • 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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    270

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    E—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01166. dominantly weak medium platy structure and soft, with some plates separated by soft fine granules or by loose, single-grain material; noncalcareous; few fine roots
    BAt—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01167. sand grains coated with oriented clay; noncalcareous; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01168. sand grains coated with oriented clay; noncalcareous; few fine and medium roots
    Btk1—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01169. some sand grains coated with oriented clay; thin, discontinuous carbonate coatings on pebbles; common insect burrows, mostly 1 to 10 mm diameter, some empty and some filled or partly filled with fine earth; few fine and medium roots
    Btk2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01170. some sand grains coated with oriented clay; thin carbonate coatings on pebbles; common insect burrows, 1 to 10 mm diameter, some empty and some filled with fine earth; few fine roots
    Btk3—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01171. some sand grains coated with oriented clay; thin carbonate coatings on pebbles; common insect burrows, 1 to 10 mm diameter, some empty and some filled or partly filled with fine earth; about 2% carbonate nodules ranging from 1/2 to 1 cm in d; few fine roots
    Bk—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01172. thin carbonate coatings on pebbles; about 20% irregular zones of K-fabric ranging from 1 to 10 cm in diameter; common insect burrows, mostly 1 to 10 mm diameter, some empty and some filled or partly filled with fine earth; few fine and medium roots
    Btk—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01173. some sand grains coated with oriented clay; thin carbonate coatings on pebbles; about 15% irregular zones of K-fabric ranging from 1 to 6 cm in diameter; common empty insect burrows, mostly 1 to 10 mm diameter; few fine and medium roots
    BCtk—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01174. some sand grains coated with oriented clay; thin, discontinuous carbonate coatings on pebbles; few fine roots
    BCk—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sand; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01175. thin, discontinuous carbonate coatings on pebbles; few empty insect burrows; few fine roots
    Ck—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive, and single grain; soft, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01176. thin, discontinuous carbonate coatings on some pebbles; a sandy loam stratum, 1 to 2 cm thick with some sand grains coated with carbonate, occurs about in the center of the horizon, included in sample; few empty insect burrows; few fine roots
    C1—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive, and single grain; soft, very friable; 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01177. few empty insect burrows; few medium roots
    C2—160 to 173 centimeters (63.0 to 68.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P01178. one roots, 3 to 4 mm diameter; few insect burrows