IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dona Ana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0764
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 32.3842964
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7055664
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: westernmost of gullies just south of US Highway 70.
  • 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: L.H. Gile and R.B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dona Ana
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 38 to 113 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/1960
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/14/1960 (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

    ATCAC

    FLCE

    PROSO

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Flourensia cernua

    Prosopis

    fourwing saltbush

    American tarwort

    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

    1

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    1342

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    300

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    C—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A05679. not sampled
    A—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05680
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05681
    B21tca—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05682
    B22tca—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05683
    K1—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05684
    K21—64 to 112 centimeters (25.2 to 44.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pink (7.5YR 8/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and pink (7.5YR 7/3) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; very hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05685. 40A05686; divided for sampling at 86 cm
    K22—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); sandy clay loam; massive parts to subangular blocky; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05687
    K3&Bb—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); 50 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), 50 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05688
    K21b—175 to 208 centimeters (68.9 to 81.9 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak subangular blocky parts to massive; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05689
    K22b—208 to 244 centimeters (81.9 to 96.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/3) and 13 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak subangular blocky parts to massive; hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05690
    C1cab—244 to 274 centimeters (96.1 to 107.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05691
    C2cab—274 to 310 centimeters (107.9 to 122.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A05692