IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delnorte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: 96NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0090
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: The NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 6 meters south of road
  • 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: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Delnorte
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delnorte
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Petrocalcid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1996 (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

    FLCE

    Flourensia cernua

    American tarwort

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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

    5

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    1341

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00580. The Matrix color is pinkish gray (7.5Yr 6/3), brown to dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist
    Bk—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00581. The Matrix color is pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/3), brown to dark brown (7.5Yr 4/4) moist. Thin carbonate coatings on pebbles.
    K1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00582. The Matrix color is pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/3), brown to dark brown (7.5YR 4/3) moist. Common calcrete fragments, mostly 1 to 3 cm diameter but a few ranging up to 10 cm diameter. Carbonate coatings on pebbles.
    K21—30 to 34 centimeters (11.8 to 13.4 inches); massive; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00583. Consists of two parts, the upper part being a laminar horizon ranging from about 1/2 to 2 cm thick, cemented to an underlying plugged horizon; dominantly white (7.5YR 9/2) carbonate cemented material, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) moist. Small amounts slightly darker.
    K22m—34 to 50 centimeters (13.4 to 19.7 inches); massive; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00584. White (7.5YR 9/2) carbonate-cemented material, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) moist.
    K23m—50 to 63 centimeters (19.7 to 24.8 inches); massive; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00585. White (7.5YR 9/2) carbonate-cemented material, pinkish gray (7.5YR 9/2) moist.
    K31—63 to 79 centimeters (24.8 to 31.1 inches); very gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00586. The matrix color is pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) moist. Carbonate coatings on pebbles and sand grains
    K32—79 to 96 centimeters (31.1 to 37.8 inches); very gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00587. The matrix color is pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) moist. Carbonate coatings on pebbles and sand grains
    K33—96 to 120 centimeters (37.8 to 47.2 inches); very gravelly sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 97P00588. Pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish grey (7.5YR 7/3) moist; carbonate coatings on pebbles and sand grains.