IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BLUEPOINT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013017
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0773
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.2481918
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7383499
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West of the east boundary of Dona Ana Bend Colony in unsectioned land; 1500 feet W of the pole line, along the north bank of Fillmore Arroyo.
  • 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: R.B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BLUEPOINT
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluepoint
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1246

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    270

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    C—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05764. not sampled
    B—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05765
    C1ca—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A05766
    C1ca—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; coarse sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A05767. subdivision for sampling purposes
    C2ca—71 to 117 centimeters (28.0 to 46.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; coarse sand; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05768
    2C3ca—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05769
    3C4ca—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05770