IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monterosa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NM013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NM013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NM013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5531
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 1/4, about 1,800 feet south of Dripping Springs Road and about 500 feet west
  • Location Description: 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: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monterosa
  • PSC - 25 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monterosa
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1966 (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

    KRAME

    Krameria

    ratany

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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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    1332

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    270

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    A—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium platy structure; soft; 21.0 vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41547
    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, loose; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41537
    A—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft; 3.0 vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41548
    B21ca—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41538. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190702; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190702
    B22ca—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, loose; 3.0 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41539. continuous - phpvsfiid 190703; continuous - phpvsfiid 190703
    K1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41540
    K21m—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; very hard; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, coats; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41541. Laminar horizon and uppermost part of plugged horizon that is cemented to it. The K21m horizon occurs fairly continuously along the edge of the cut (especially south side of trench); no roots except for a discontinuous thin mat of fine roots on the surface.
    K21m—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; very hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41541. Plugged horizon occupies from about 2 1/2 to 2 7/8 of the lower part of the K21m, and is white carbonate-cemented material that is massive and very and extremely hard; no roots; pebbles are widely separated by carbonate; most pebbles in plugged horizon are fine, with a few up to 2-inch diameter.
    K22m—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; massive; very hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41542
    K31—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.1 fine roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41543
    K32—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; 0.1 fine roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41544
    C1ca—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft; carbonate coats; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41545. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190708
    C2ca—135 centimeters (53.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41546. Below this horizon there is a discontinuous, carbonate-cemented zone that occurs along the bottom of the trench.