IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cruces
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NM013007
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NM013007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NM013007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0190
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 32.2973557
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9080734
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: South bank of trench, Las Cruces Municipal Airport.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • MLRA: 41—Madrean Archipelago
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM690—Dona Ana County Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.B. Grossman and F.F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, shallow Petrocalcic Paleargids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cruces
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, shallow Petrocalcic Paleargids
  • PSC - 18 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1961
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: basin floor
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1961 (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

    PROSO

    YUELE

    Gutierrezia

    Prosopis

    Yucca elata var. elata

    snakeweed

    mesquite

    soaptree yucca

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—18

    18—48

    48—150

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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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    1354

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    20

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    15

    30

    9

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A01413. offset for sampling
    B1t—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01414, 40A01415. Split for sampling at 18 cm.
    B21t—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01416
    B22tca—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01417
    K21m—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); weak very coarse prismatic structure; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01418. sand grains separated by carbonate; prisms which range up to several feet in diameter and which extend vertically throughout the Km; some prism faces coated with laminae
    K22m—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; massive parts to very coarse platy parts to medium and coarse subangular blocky; very hard; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01419. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178604; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178604
    K23m—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); 20 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), 20 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; 80 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 80 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01420
    K31—150 to 185 centimeters (59.1 to 72.8 inches); 40 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01421
    K32—185 to 236 centimeters (72.8 to 92.9 inches); 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam; very hard; 0.5 roots; 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 50 percent pale brown (10YR 7/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01422
    C1ca—236 to 272 centimeters (92.9 to 107.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; firm; 1 percent dark nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01423
    C2—272 to 353 centimeters (107.1 to 139.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01424