IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CRUCES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NM013012
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NM013012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NM013012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0752
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.2817993
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9200211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: on north wall of borrow pit just east of airport 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: Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Petrocalcic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CRUCES
  • PSC - 3 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cruces
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: basin floor
  • 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

    BLEPH4

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    PROSO

    Blepharoneuron

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Prosopis

    dropseed

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    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

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    1345

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive parts to weak medium platy; soft; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05581
    B21t—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to massive parts to weak subangular blocky; slightly hard; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05582
    B22t—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; hard; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05583
    K21m—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05584
    K22m—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05585
    K23m—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05586
    K24m—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05587
    K31—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05588
    K32—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; hard; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05589
    K33—168 to 251 centimeters (66.1 to 98.8 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05590. sampled 168 to 208 cm
    Bcab—251 to 305 centimeters (98.8 to 120.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A05591