IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinaleno
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013009
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0763
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.4265213
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5933456
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: a large mine pit about 1/4 mile east of the village of Organ and just S 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: R.B. Grossman and F.F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinaleno
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinaleno
  • 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

    BOER4

    BOER4

    GUTIE

    NOLIN

    RHUS

    RHUS

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Gutierrezia

    Nolina

    Rhus

    Rhus

    black grama

    black grama

    snakeweed

    beargrass

    sumac

    sumac

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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

    15

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    1586

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    315

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    ; fragments.
    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very stony coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A05674
    B21t—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; Error; weak medium and coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05675
    B22t—28 to 84 centimeters (11.0 to 33.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A05676
    B3t—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; very stony coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A05677
    Cca—152 to 244 centimeters (59.8 to 96.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very stony coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05678