IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5529
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: In the SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 50 feet west of road to tank, 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: L. H. Gile and R. B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Typic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jal
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jal
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: fan piedmont
  • 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

    PROSO

    Flourensia cernua

    Prosopis

    American tarwort

    mesquite

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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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    1359

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    270

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. Few scattered pebbles and a discontinuous layer of loose reddish sand rest on the weakly crusted, smooth surface of the A horizon.
    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium platy, and single grain; soft, loose; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41519
    B1ca—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 10 percent carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41520
    B2ca—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; 10 percent carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41521
    K1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); white (7.5YR 8/1) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; hard when dry; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41522
    K21—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); white (7.5YR 8/1), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; clay loam; massive, and weak platy; hard when dry; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41523
    2K22—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard when dry; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41524
    2K3—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 0.1 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41525
    2C1ca—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41526. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198230; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198230
    3C2ca—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 0.1 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41527. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198231; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198231
    4C3ca—163 to 193 centimeters (64.2 to 76.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 0.1 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41528. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198232; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198232