IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DONA ANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965NM013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1965NM013005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965NM013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0808
  • 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: 32.5195732
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6961288
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: In the SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 0.5 mile south of North Tank, 300 feet west of 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DONA ANA
  • PSC - 13 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dona Ana
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1965 (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

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    Flourensia cernua

    Gutierrezia

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    American tarwort

    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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    1319

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse platy parts to single grain; soft, loose; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06110
    B1—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06111
    B21tca—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments and faint carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06112. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178619; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178619; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193076
    B22tca—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent carbonate nodules and 1 percent carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06113. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178620; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178620
    K1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium platy parts to subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06114
    K21—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 3 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06115
    K22—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06116
    K3—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive parts to subangular blocky; firm; 0.5 fine roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06117. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178621; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178621
    2C1ca—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06118. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178622
    3C2ca—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A06119