IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NM013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NM013005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NM013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5527
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM690—Dona Ana County Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. J. Carlisle and F. F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • PSC - 8 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1961 (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

    FLCE

    GUTIE

    Flourensia cernua

    Gutierrezia

    American tarwort

    snakeweed

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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

    4

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    1341

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    90

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. About half covered with fine gravel pavement; where pavement absent, surface has thin fragile crust.
    A2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41505. Desert pavement included in sample.
    B21t—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41506
    B22t—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41507
    C1ca—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41508. continuous - phpvsfiid 198238; continuous - phpvsfiid 198238
    C2ca—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41509. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198239; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198239
    C3ca—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41510. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190719; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190719
    2B2tcab—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41511. patchy - phpvsfiid 190720; patchy - phpvsfiid 190720
    3B2tcab—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41512. patchy - phpvsfiid 190721; patchy - phpvsfiid 190721
    3Kb—124 centimeters (48.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard when dry, friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41513