IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NM013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NM013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NM013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5530
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.2820778
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7402954
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Level crest of interfluve, about 0.1 mile northeast of north end of runway, University Park airport. Dona Ana Bend Colony - no legal description.
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • PSC - 5 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/1966 (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

    OPHU

    OPUNT

    Opuntia humifusa

    Opuntia

    devil's-tongue

    pricklypear

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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

    2

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    1219

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    270

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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A41529. Soil Surface. Closely packed pebbly desert pavement, with most pebbles less than about 3 cm. diameter. Most pebbles are rhyolite, with a few andesite pebbles and rounded pebbles of mixed lithology. Many pebbles have a thin, discontinuous or continuous coating of black desert varnish. A layer of loose sand, 1 to 2 mm. thick, occurs discontinuously between pebbles.
    A2ca—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; slightly hard; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41529
    B21ca—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; very fine and fine granular structure; loose; 0.1 roots; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry, carbonate coats; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41530
    B22tca—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41531
    K1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; single grain, and weak subangular blocky; hard when dry; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41532
    2K2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive, and single grain; soft; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41533. continuous - phpvsfiid 190717; continuous - phpvsfiid 190717
    2C1ca—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain, and massive; loose; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41534. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190718; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190718
    2C2ca—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; carbonate coats; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41535. continuous - phpvsfiid 198225; continuous - phpvsfiid 198225
    3C3ca—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; carbonate coats between sand grains; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41536. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198226; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198226