IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kermit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM015001
  • User Pedon ID: 90NM015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0393
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 32.9199982
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9427795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet E and 1900 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: Eddy County, NM.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM015—Eddy

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kermit
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kermit
  • Taxonomic Class - Siliceous, thermic Typic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1990 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sand; weak medium platy structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02194. common very fine roots
    AC—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02195. few fine roots
    C1—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02196. few fine to coarse roots
    C2—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P02197