IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reagan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013014
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0794
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 32.4695740
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6814041
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: at a west-facing escarpment of about 4 feet cut into silty sediments.
  • 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

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Ustollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reagan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Ustollic Calciorthids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1960
  • 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: 4/19/1960 (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

    ATHY

    FLCE

    GUTIE

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    Atriplex hymenelytra

    Flourensia cernua

    Gutierrezia

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    desertholly

    American tarwort

    snakeweed

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

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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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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to fine platy structure; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05956
    A—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak platy structure; hard; 3.0 roots; 3.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05957
    B21—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05958
    B22—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05959
    B23ca—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05960
    C—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05961
    2Bb—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05962