IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinaleno
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967NM013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1967NM013005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967NM013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0749
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.3023567
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6466827
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, 900 feet east-northeast of section corner
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinaleno
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 5 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1967
  • 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: 10/18/1967 (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

    FLCE

    GUTIE

    KRAME

    PROSO

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Flourensia cernua

    Gutierrezia

    Krameria

    Prosopis

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    American tarwort

    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

    3

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    1403

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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) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine and fine parts to weak thin platy structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05554
    B1t—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine structure; soft, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05555
    B2t—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam, sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05556
    B3t—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05557. patchy - phpvsfiid 178640; patchy - phpvsfiid 178640
    C1ca—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05558. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178641
    K/C2ca—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05559
    K/C2ca—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; Error; very hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05559. horizon was originally K&C2ca
    C3ca—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05560
    C4ca—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, friable; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05561. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178643; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178643
    C5ca—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05562. patchy - phpvsfiid 178644; patchy - phpvsfiid 178644