IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berino
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013013
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0783
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.4109650
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6380692
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: next to large borrow pit on south side Highway 70, 2 1/2 miles southwest of the village of Organ.
  • 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 F.F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berino
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berino
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/1960 (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

    ARIST

    ARTEG

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    Aristida

    Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    threeawn

    spidergrass

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

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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

    2

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    1426

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05850. desert pavement of gravel included in sample
    B21t—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05851
    B22t—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05852
    B23tca—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05853
    K1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and pinkish white (5YR 8/2), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pink (5YR 7/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05854
    K2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); pinkish white (5YR 8/2) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05855
    Cca—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05856