IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GILA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967NM061001
  • User Pedon ID: S1967NM061001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967NM061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0726
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33785
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1700 ft of NM Highway 47, 50 ft south of fence on North boundary fence
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM061—Valencia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Aquisalids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GILA
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GILA
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: Rio Grande flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DFB3DD257
  • 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

    ACGR

    DISP

    SPAI

    TAMAR2

    VEGA

    Acacia greggii

    Distichlis spicata

    Sporobolus airoides

    Tamarix

    Vernonia galamensis

    catclaw acacia

    saltgrass

    alkali sacaton

    tamarisk

    ironweed

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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

    1

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    1457

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, firm, slightly sticky; 21.0 roots; 75 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; 0.64 percentage of Salinity; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A05351. Original lab number 67L247
    A12—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very firm, nonsticky; 21.0 roots; fragments; 0.45 percentage of Salinity; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A05352. Original lab number 67L248
    C1—30 to 69 centimeters (11.8 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine mottles; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; 0.14 percentage of Salinity; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A05353. Original lab number 67L249
    2C2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; stratified stratified loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A05354
    3C3—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stratified stratified very fine sandy loam to loam to clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; 10 percent by volume charcoal fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A05355