IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonoita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5526
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 50 feet south of US Highway 70 and 1/4 mile west of village of Organ, 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoita
  • PSC - 8 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoita
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/1960 (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

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    OPHU

    OPUNT

    PAIN2

    PAIN2

    PROSO

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Opuntia humifusa

    Opuntia

    Parthenium incanum

    Parthenium incanum

    Prosopis

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    devil's-tongue

    pricklypear

    mariola

    mariola

    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

    6

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    1524

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    270

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. Fifty to sixty percent of surface covered with monzonitic and dike-rock pebbles, mostly less than 1/4 inch diameter.
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loamy coarse sand; single grain, and moderate coarse platy; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A41500
    B21t—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41501
    B22t—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41502
    B3—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41503
    2Cca—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41504. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190722