IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pintura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NM013011
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NM013011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NM013011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0199
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 32.2998543
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7114029
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About one mile west of Tortugas Mountain, 0.1 mile north of Dripping Springs 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 and R.B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pintura
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pintura
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1966 (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

    PROSO

    Prosopis

    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

    6

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    1258

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    135

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    ; fragments.
    C1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01480
    C2—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01481
    B2b—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01482
    B3cab—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; 10 percent carbonate coats between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01483. patchy - phpvsfiid 178627; patchy - phpvsfiid 178627
    C1cab—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats between sand grains and faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01484. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178629; patchy - phpvsfiid 178628; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178629; patchy - phpvsfiid 178628
    C2cab—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments and 10 percent faint carbonate coats between sand grains; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01485. patchy - phpvsfiid 178630; patchy - phpvsfiid 178631; patchy - phpvsfiid 178630; patchy - phpvsfiid 178631
    C3b—163 to 188 centimeters (64.2 to 74.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sand; massive; soft; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01486