IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caralampi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013023
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0760
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33819
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: in Soledad Canyon about 500 yards northeast and about 100 feet higher than S60NM-007-012.
  • 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: F.F. Peterson and R.B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Caralampi
  • PSC - 13 to 28 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caralampi
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1960 (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

    JUNIP

    JUNIP

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Gutierrezia

    Juniperus

    Juniperus

    black grama

    black grama

    snakeweed

    juniper

    juniper

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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

    8

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    1739

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to weak very fine granular; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A05654
    B1t—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05655