IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caralampi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013014
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NM013014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5524
  • Print Date: 4/14/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: North wall of fan-head trench, Soledad Canyon in NW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Dona Ana continuous. 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
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caralampi
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1959
  • 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: 5/20/1959 (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

    BOER4

    BOER4

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    OPHU

    OPUNT

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Opuntia humifusa

    Opuntia

    black grama

    black grama

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    devil's-tongue

    pricklypear

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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

    8

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    1707

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    270

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. Desert pavement of rhyolite fragments averaging 1 inch in diameter but ranging to 6 inches in diameter. A thin (1 to 2 mm.) layer of loose reddish sand occurs between fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41487
    A1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft; 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41488
    B1t—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; strong fine granular, and strong fine angular blocky structure; loose; 3.0 roots; coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41489. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190726; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190726
    B21t—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; very gravelly sandy clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; coats and carbonate coats; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41490. patchy - phpvsfiid 190728; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190727; patchy - phpvsfiid 190728; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190727
    B22tca—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.1 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41491. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190729; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190729
    B3tca—97 to 147 centimeters (38.2 to 57.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.1 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A41492. About 15 percent of horizon by volume is composed of fragments, greater than 3 inches in diameter, which were not sampled.
    Cca—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive, and single grain; loose, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41493. Fraction greater than 3 inches in diameter estimated as 15 percent of horizon by volume and was not sampled.