IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HONDALE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992NM029003
  • User Pedon ID: 92NM029003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992NM029003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0654
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64893
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.2202797
  • Std. Longitude: -107.7194443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south of center of southwest 1/4 mile
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM029—Luna
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM029—Luna County, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HONDALE
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hondale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1992
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/1992 (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

    ATCAC

    ATOB

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Atriplex obovata

    fourwing saltbush

    mound saltbush

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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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    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03937
    Btn1—5 to 38 centimeters (2.0 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03938
    Btn2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03939
    Btkn—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03940
    Bk1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03941
    Bk2—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03942
    Bk3—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 92P03943