IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pajarito
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1967NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0192
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: In the NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 15 feet north of gully.
  • 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
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pajarito
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Camborthids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1967
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/1967 (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

    ARIST

    ARTEG

    BOER4

    BOER4

    EPVI

    EPVI

    PROSO

    Aristida

    Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Prosopis

    threeawn

    spidergrass

    black grama

    black grama

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    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

    2

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    1403

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01431
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01432
    B21t—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01433
    B22t—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01434
    C1ca—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01435
    C2ca—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01436
    C3—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine gravelly sand; massive; slightly hard; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01437