IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Astrobee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NM688086
  • User Pedon ID: S08NM035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008NM688086
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23967
  • 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: 32.8856544
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1720352
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 S
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 728 feet south of the NE corner of
  • Location Description: Otero County, New Mexico. Approximately 6.12 miles west and 3.61 miles north of the Holloman Air Force Base Main Gate, US 70.
  • Map Unit: 75—Shot-Aerobee association, 0 to 15 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM035—Otero
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM688—White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Parts of Dona Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra and Socorro Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cates
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, gypsic, superactive, thermic Leptic Haplogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Astrobee
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, gypsic, superactive, thermic Leptic Haplogypsids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian modified gypsiferous fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    Cy1

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    Cy3

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    96

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ay

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    By2

    By2

    Cy1

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    Cy2

    Cy3

    Cy3

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    38

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    96

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ay

    Ay

    By1

    By1

    By2

    By2

    Cy1

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    Cy2

    Cy3

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATCA2

    EPTO

    LADI2

    LYCIU

    SPAI

    Atriplex canescens

    Ephedra torreyana

    Larrea divaricata

    Lycium

    Sporobolus airoides

    fourwing saltbush

    Torrey's jointfir

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    desert-thorn

    alkali sacaton

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    0—10

    10—50

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    —40—
    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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    Ay—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; gypsiferous very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 60 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01255; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    By1—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; gypsiferous very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 2 percent medium distinct irregular very strongly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries throughout and 90 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01256; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    By2—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); white (10YR 8/1) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, moist; gypsiferous sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 423 um/s; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct irregular very strongly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries throughout and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 2 percent medium distinct irregular very strongly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01257; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cy1—50 to 96 centimeters (19.7 to 37.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 423 um/s; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium roots throughout; 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter, saturated paste; diffuse wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cy2—96 to 162 centimeters (37.8 to 63.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 423 um/s; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cy3—162 to 200 centimeters (63.8 to 78.7 inches); 70 percent white (10YR 8/1) broken face and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, 70 percent white (10YR 8/1) broken face and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; gypsiferous sand; structureless massive; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 423 um/s; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste.; dry when described; observed in pit, small