IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NM688092
  • User Pedon ID: S08NM035005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008NM688092
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23971
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 32.8833733
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1667633
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 S
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 612 feet west and 884 feet south of the NE corner of
  • Location Description: Otero County, New Mexico. Approximately 6.08 miles west and 3.64 miles north of Holloman Air Force Base Main Gate, US-70.
  • Map Unit: 41—Lark association, 0 to 60 percent slopes, duneland9—Astrobee-Lark association, 0 to 35 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: Bauchert/Puttere
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Chromic Salitorrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pup
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Chromic Salitorrerts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gypsiferous sandy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: semi-active dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/29/2008 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

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    Bny

    Bny

    Bnssy1

    Bnssy1

    Bnssy2

    Bnssy2

    Bnssy3

    Bnssy3

    2Cny

    2Cny

    0

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    11

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    35

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    60

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    115

    115

    138

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    35

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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

    A

    A

    Bny

    Bny

    Bnssy1

    Bnssy1

    Bnssy2

    Bnssy2

    Bnssy3

    Bnssy3

    2Cny

    2Cny

    0

    0

    11

    11

    35

    35

    60

    60

    115

    115

    138

    138

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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 %

    A

    A

    Bny

    Bny

    Bnssy1

    Bnssy1

    Bnssy2

    Bnssy2

    Bnssy3

    Bnssy3

    2Cny

    2Cny

    0

    0

    11

    11

    35

    35

    60

    60

    115

    115

    138

    138

    11

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    35

    60

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    115

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

    BOBR

    EPHED

    SALVI

    Bouteloua breviseta

    Ephedra

    Salvia

    gypsum grama

    jointfir

    sage

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

    ochric epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    salic horizon

    0—11

    11—200

    11—61

    —11—

    —189—

    —50—
    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

    12

    5

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    1223

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    175

    229

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    17.8

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    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak medium platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01277
    Bny—11 to 35 centimeters (4.3 to 13.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) crushed, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, dry; clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 0.1 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01278
    Bnssy1—35 to 60 centimeters (13.8 to 23.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, dry; clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium wedge, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.1 medium roots in cracks; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; faint slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01279. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 468703; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 468703
    Bnssy2—60 to 115 centimeters (23.6 to 45.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed, dry; clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium wedge, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks and 0.1 medium roots in cracks; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01280. continuous - phpvsfiid 468704; continuous - phpvsfiid 468704
    Bnssy3—115 to 138 centimeters (45.3 to 54.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) broken face, dry; clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium wedge, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter, saturated paste; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01281. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 468705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 468705
    2Cny—138 to 200 centimeters (54.3 to 78.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, pink (7.5YR 7/3) broken face, dry; gypsiferous loam; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 90 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter, saturated paste.