IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dalian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NM013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NM013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NM013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5532
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 0.1 mile west of road, 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, mixed, thermic Typic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dalian
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dalian
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1966 (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

    PROSO

    Opuntia humifusa

    Opuntia

    Prosopis

    devil's-tongue

    pricklypear

    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

    5

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    1204

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    90

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. Desert pavement of scattered cobbles, with some areas having scattered pebbles but no cobbles. Surface fragments mainly limestone and calcareous sandstone, with few rhyolite and basalt.
    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; single grain, and weak very fine granular; loose; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41549
    Bca—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41550. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190551; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190551
    C1ca—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive, and single grain; soft; 3.0 fine roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41551. continuous - phpvsfiid 190552; continuous - phpvsfiid 190552
    C2ca—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive, and single grain; soft; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats and carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41552. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190553; continuous - phpvsfiid 190709; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190553; continuous - phpvsfiid 190709
    C3ca—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive, and single grain; soft; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41553. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190710; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190710
    C4—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard; carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41554. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190711; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190711
    C5—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard when dry; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A41555