IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND-7
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0739
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.4467964
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6094589
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM690—Dona Ana County Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.H. Gile and R.B. Grossman
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND-7
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Torriorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1959
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/12/1959 (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

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    PROSO

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Prosopis

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    mesquite

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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

    4

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    1495

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse platy; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05434
    A12—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05435
    A13—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05436
    C1ca—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 70 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05437
    C2ca—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05438
    2B2cab—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05439
    3B3cab—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05440
    4Ccab—132 to 193 centimeters (52.0 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05441