IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinaleno
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967NM013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1967NM013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967NM013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0778
  • 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: 32.2965240
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6372375
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: In the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 0.1 mile north of arroyo.
  • 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-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinaleno
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 5 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1967
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1967 (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

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    KRAME

    PROSO

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Krameria

    Prosopis

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    ratany

    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

    4

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    1443

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak very fine structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05801
    B1t—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; soft, very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05802
    B2t—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05803
    B3t—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05804
    C1ca—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; single grain; soft; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05805. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178637; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178637
    C2ca—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05806. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178638; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178638
    C3—94 to 147 centimeters (37.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 10 percent carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05807. patchy - phpvsfiid 178639; patchy - phpvsfiid 178639
    Btb—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05808