IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stellar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013021
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0802
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 0.8 mile east of main Jornada Experimental Range gate.
  • 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, 1960 and L.H. Gile and R.B. Grossman, 1965.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stellar
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stellar
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/22/1960 (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

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    PROSO

    Gutierrezia

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Prosopis

    snakeweed

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

    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

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    1312

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    180

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    ; fragments.
    A2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06038
    A3—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06039
    B1t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06040
    B21t—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06041
    B22t—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules and 1 percent fine pink (5YR 8/3) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06042
    K1—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 roots; 3 percent fine pink (5YR 7/3) carbonate nodules and 3 percent fine light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06043
    K21—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A06044
    K22—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 8/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; clay loam; weak and moderate medium and coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06045
    K23—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06046
    K24—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06047
    K3—216 to 254 centimeters (85.0 to 100.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06048
    C1ca—254 to 284 centimeters (100.0 to 111.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 1 percent carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06049
    2C2—284 to 305 centimeters (111.8 to 120.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sand; massive; soft; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06050