IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dona Ana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NM013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NM013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NM013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0768
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 32.5442924
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7527924
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 250 feet W of pipeline.
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dona Ana
  • PSC - 15 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dona Ana
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    EPVI

    EPVI

    FLCE

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Flourensia cernua

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    American tarwort

    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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    1324

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    90

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    ; fragments.
    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05711. desert pavement included in sample
    B21tca—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05712. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178592; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178592
    B22tca—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 3.0 roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05713. continuous - phpvsfiid 178593; continuous - phpvsfiid 178593
    2K1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; soft, loose; 3.0 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05714. continuous - phpvsfiid 178594; continuous - phpvsfiid 178594
    2K21—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), pink (7.5YR 8/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05715. continuous - phpvsfiid 178595; continuous - phpvsfiid 178595
    2K22—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05716. continuous - phpvsfiid 178596; continuous - phpvsfiid 178596
    3B1tcab—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05717. continuous - phpvsfiid 178597; continuous - phpvsfiid 178597
    3B2tcab—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), red (2.5YR 4/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay films; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05718. patchy - phpvsfiid 178598; patchy - phpvsfiid 178598
    3K2b—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); pink (5YR 8/3) and pink (7.5YR 7/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05719