IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pajarito
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013012
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NM013012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5523
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: West slope of dissected ridge, SW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pajarito
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pajarito
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1959 (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

    KRAME

    Krameria

    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

    25

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    1311

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    270

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. Desert pavement of rhyolite pebbles.
    K2—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive, and fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41481
    2B1cab—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; single grain; very hard; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41482
    2B21cab—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard; 0.1 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41483
    2B22cab—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.1 roots; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent dark concretions; 1 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41484
    2B3cab—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41485
    2Ccab—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard; 0.1 roots; 3 percent weakly coherent cemented light brown (7.5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41486