IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vado
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0164
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 32.3001328
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6005630
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: arroyo cut bank on south side of arroyo, just east of road crossing, arroyo in front of first large foothill of Organ Mountain.
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vado
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Camborthids
  • PSC - 8 to 43 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOER4

    BOER4

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    PROSO

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Prosopis

    black grama

    black grama

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    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

    7

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    1525

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01206. desert pavement included in sample
    B21—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to weak very fine granular parts to very fine and fine subangular blocky; soft; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01207
    B22—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to weak very fine; soft; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01208
    C1ca—43 to 109 centimeters (16.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; slightly hard, loose; 3.0 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01209. 40A01210; sampled 43-74 and 74-109 cm; continuous - phpvsfiid 178575; continuous - phpvsfiid 178575
    C2ca—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01211. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178576; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178576