IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Algerita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0169
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.3167992
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7672348
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: No legal description; Dona Ana Bend Colony, 1/2 mile E of New Mexico State University along Tortugas Mountain road; about 40 yards S of road.
  • 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 F.F. Peterson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Algerita
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Calciorthids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1960
  • 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: 11/12/1960 (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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    1260

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; soft; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01248. sample includes desert pavement of gravel
    Bca—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate very fine and fine parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01249
    K1—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01250. 40A01251; sampled 4-9 inches and 9-14 inches
    K2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01252
    K31—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; soft; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01253. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178570
    2K32—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01254
    3Cca—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; faint carbonate coats between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01255. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178571; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178571