IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BLUEPOINT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994NM013002
  • User Pedon ID: 94NM013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994NM013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0350
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 39 meters west of road, 14 meters southeast of pedon S94NM-013-001.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM690—Dona Ana County Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.H. Gile
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BLUEPOINT
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluepoint
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/23/1993 (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

    DAPU7

    GUTIE

    YUGLG2

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Gutierrezia

    Yucca glauca var. glauca

    low woollygrass

    snakeweed

    soapweed yucca

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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

    2

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    1330

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02150
    Bk1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02151
    Bk2—23 to 42 centimeters (9.1 to 16.5 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02152
    Bk3—42 to 65 centimeters (16.5 to 25.6 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02153
    Bk4—65 to 86 centimeters (25.6 to 33.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02154
    Bk5—86 to 115 centimeters (33.9 to 45.3 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 94P02155
    K1—115 to 125 centimeters (45.3 to 49.2 inches); fragments. Not sampled.
    K2m—125 to 155 centimeters (49.2 to 61.0 inches); fragments. Not sampled.