IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conger
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013020
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0762
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.4659615
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6241760
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 1 mile west-southwest of Hardscrabble Hill at the south end of the San Andres Mountains.
  • 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, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Conger
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conger
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/1960 (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

    GUTIE

    PROSO

    Gutierrezia

    Prosopis

    snakeweed

    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

    3

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    1472

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    Aca—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; soft; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05666. desert pavement included in sample; offset from arroyo bank; patchy - phpvsfiid 178585; patchy - phpvsfiid 178585
    B2ca—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; soft; 3.0 roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A05667. offset from arroyo bank; continuous - phpvsfiid 178586; continuous - phpvsfiid 178586
    K1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; slightly hard; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A05668. offset from arroyo bank; only carbonate nodules sampled from this horizon; the loamy material between the nodules discarded
    K21m—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; massive parts to weak coarse platy; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05669
    K22m—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; hard; 0.5 coarse roots; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05670
    K31—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 coarse roots; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05671
    2K32—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05672