IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): STELLAR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0759
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 32.5065155
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7430725
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 400 feet W of Jornada road.
  • 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, F.J. Carlisle, and R.B. Grossman, 1961 and L.H. Gile and R.B. Grossman, 1965.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Ustollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - STELLAR
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stellar
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1961 (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

    Gutierrezia

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    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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    1318

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    90

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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 platy parts to weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable; brittle; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05643
    B21t—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05644
    B22t—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05645
    B23t—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05646
    B24tca—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 1 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05647
    K1—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); 35 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and 25 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 35 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 35 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05648
    K21—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); 60 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4), 60 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 40 percent pink (7.5YR 8/4) carbonate nodules and 40 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05649
    K22—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 3 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A05650
    K23—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05651
    K3—150 to 198 centimeters (59.1 to 78.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05652
    Bbca—198 to 221 centimeters (78.0 to 87.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 1 percent pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05653