IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caralampi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013015
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NM013015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5525
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: North bank of arroyo, NE 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: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Caralampi
  • PSC - 6 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caralampi
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1959
  • 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

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    FEROC

    PROSO

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Ferocactus

    Prosopis

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    barrel cactus

    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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    1439

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    270

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. Cobbles up to a foot in diameter cover 20 to 30 percent of surface, remainder covered with pebbles mainly about 1 inch in diameter; most surface fragments stained red or black.
    A2—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41494
    B21t—6 to 23 centimeters (2.4 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; 30 percent clay bridges; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A41495. Fifteen percent by volume estimate greater than 3 inches in diameter and not sampled.
    B22t—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; 30 percent clay bridges; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41496. Twenty percent by volume estimate greater than 3 inches in diameter and not sampled.
    B3cA—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pink (7.5YR 7/4) very gravelly sandy clay loam; single grain; soft; 0.5 roots; reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry, carbonate coats and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, carbonate coats and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry,; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A41497. Twenty-fine percent by volume estimate greater than 3 inches in diameter and not sampled.
    K&C—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A41498. patchy - phpvsfiid 198159; patchy - phpvsfiid 198159
    Cca—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41499. 15 percent horizon by volume greater than 3 inches in diameter and not sampled.