IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1962NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0785
  • 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: 32.4067993
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6747360
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 0.1 mile west of dirt road, 1/2 mile north of Route 70.
  • 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 and F.F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • PSC - 5 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1962 (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

    Gutierrezia

    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

    1

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    1373

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; weak fine platy parts to single grain; soft, loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05875
    B1t—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05876
    B21t—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05877
    B22t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05878
    2C1ca—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05879. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178616; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178616
    3C2ca—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 10 percent carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05880. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178617; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178617
    4C3ca—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05881. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178618; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178618
    5B1b—76 to 84 centimeters (29.9 to 33.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05882
    5B21b—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A05883
    5B22b—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; firm; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05884