IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berino
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0781
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33840
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 32.3962440
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6808472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet S of Highway 70, SW 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berino
  • PSC - 13 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berino Variant
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/14/1959 (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

    ATCAC

    FLCE

    LYBA4

    LYBA4

    PROSO

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Flourensia cernua

    Lycium barbarum

    Lycium barbarum

    Prosopis

    fourwing saltbush

    American tarwort

    matrimony vine

    matrimony vine

    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

    1

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    1369

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    300

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    A1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky parts to massive; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05834
    B21tca—33 to 50 centimeters (13.0 to 19.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05835
    B22tca—50 to 71 centimeters (19.7 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05836
    B1b—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05837
    B2tb—91 to 111 centimeters (35.8 to 43.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05838
    K1b—111 to 137 centimeters (43.7 to 53.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 30 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05839
    K2b—137 to 188 centimeters (53.9 to 74.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05840
    B2tb2—188 to 221 centimeters (74.0 to 87.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to massive; very hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05841
    218 to 20 centimeters (85.8 to 7.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A05833
    K21b2—221 to 251 centimeters (87.0 to 98.8 inches); pink (5YR 8/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; loam; moderate very coarse platy structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05842
    K22b2—251 to 282 centimeters (98.8 to 111.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam, loam; massive; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05843