IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Simona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013011
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NM013011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0780
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 32.2695808
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6866837
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: Ridge crest, NE 1/4, NE 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: Loamy, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Simona
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Simona
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1959 (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

    EPVI

    EPVI

    KRAME

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Krameria

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    ratany

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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

    2

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    1292

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05824. not sampled
    A12—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05825
    Bca—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05826
    K21m—13 to 17 centimeters (5.1 to 6.7 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine gravelly loamy sand; weak and moderate coarse platy structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05827
    K22m—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); white (N 8/0), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05828
    C3ca—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); pink (5YR 8/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05829
    C4ca—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; single grain parts to massive; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05830
    C5ca—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05831
    C6ca—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2) very gravelly sand; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05832