IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluepoint
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NM013001
  • User Pedon ID: 95NM013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NM013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0453
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 35 meters north of road, NW 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • 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
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluepoint
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Arenic Haplargids
  • PSC - 96 to 146 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/12/1995 (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

    BLEPH4

    EPVI

    EPVI

    PROSO

    YUELE

    Blepharoneuron

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Prosopis

    Yucca elata var. elata

    dropseed

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    mesquite

    soaptree 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

    3

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    1324

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    90

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sand; massive; soft, loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03315
    B1—10 to 27 centimeters (3.9 to 10.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03316
    B2—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03317
    B3—43 to 62 centimeters (16.9 to 24.4 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03318
    B4—62 to 82 centimeters (24.4 to 32.3 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03319
    B5—82 to 96 centimeters (32.3 to 37.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03320
    Bt1b—96 to 115 centimeters (37.8 to 45.3 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03321. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194471; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194471
    Bt2b—115 to 137 centimeters (45.3 to 53.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03322. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194472; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194472
    Btk1b—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03323. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194473; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194473
    Btk2b—160 to 186 centimeters (63.0 to 73.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03324. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194474
    Btk3b—186 to 206 centimeters (73.2 to 81.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03325. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194475
    Btk4b—206 to 225 centimeters (81.1 to 88.6 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 very fine roots; carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03326. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182054; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182054
    K1b—225 to 232 centimeters (88.6 to 91.3 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 8/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03327
    K21b—232 to 242 centimeters (91.3 to 95.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 95P03328