IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARVANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NM025002
  • User Pedon ID: 93NM025002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993NM025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65851
  • 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: 33.1116676
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0644455
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 25 feet north of county road, southeast quarter
  • Location Description: 1 mile west of Texas-New Mexico state line.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM025—Lea
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM025—Lea County, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Petrocalcic Paleustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARVANA
  • PSC - 53 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arvana Loam
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Petrocalcic Paleustalf
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    ARTEG

    BOER4

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    PROSO

    SPCR

    Aristida

    Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Prosopis

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    threeawn

    spidergrass

    black grama

    black grama

    blue grama

    mesquite

    sand dropseed

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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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    135

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03733
    Bt—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03734
    Btk1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03735
    Btk2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03736
    Bkm—66 centimeters (26.0 inches); fragments.