IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ybar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008NM688105
  • User Pedon ID: S08NM051001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008NM688105
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23972
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 33.3328896
  • Std. Longitude: -106.3243866
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 30
  • Map Unit: 65—Pup clay loam, 0 to 9 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM051—Sierra
  • 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: Michaud, Kraimer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic 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 - Ybar
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplogypsids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/2008
  • 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: clayey alluvium over gypsiferous coarse-loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: basin floor
  • Landform: broad drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/2008 (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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    Bk

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    Bky1

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    Bky2

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    Bky3

    Bky3

    Bky4

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    35

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    76

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    120

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    190

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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

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    Bk

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    Bky1

    Bky1

    Bky2

    Bky2

    Bky3

    Bky3

    Bky4

    Bky4

    0

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    10

    10

    35

    35

    76

    76

    120

    120

    190

    190

    10

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    76

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    190

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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

    Bk

    Bk

    Bky1

    Bky1

    Bky2

    Bky2

    Bky3

    Bky3

    Bky4

    Bky4

    0

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    35

    76

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    190

    190

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    76

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

    PRGL2

    SPAI

    SUSU

    Prosopis glandulosa

    Sporobolus airoides

    Suaeda suffrutescens

    honey mesquite

    alkali sacaton

    desert seepweed

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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

    35—200

    —10—

    —165—
    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

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    152

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    1271

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    17.8

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate thick platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01283; observed in pit, small
    Bk—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter, saturated paste; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01284; observed in pit, small
    Bky1—35 to 76 centimeters (13.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silty clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.91 um/s; slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01285; observed in pit, small
    Bky2—76 to 120 centimeters (29.9 to 47.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.91 um/s; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 4 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 10 percent medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01286; observed in pit, small
    Bky3—120 to 190 centimeters (47.2 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.91 um/s; slow permeability; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 15 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01287; observed in pit, small
    Bky4—190 to 230 centimeters (74.8 to 90.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent coarse gypsum crystals, unspecified and 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter, saturated paste. Lab sample # 09N01288; observed in pit, small