IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gila
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967TX141003
  • User Pedon ID: S1967TX141003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0197
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32726
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 31.5416660
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1919479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: El Paso County, Tex., 4.4 km (2.7 mi.) NW. of Farm Road 258 (Fabens, Tex.) on US Highway 80, 60 meters NE. on Webb Road and 15 meters NW. of the road. About 50 km (30 mi.) SW. of El Paso.
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX141—El Paso
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX141—El Paso County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gila
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/2/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; very hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01468
    C1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01469. No bedding planes evident.
    C2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01470. Weak bedding planes.
    C3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01471
    C4—91 to 115 centimeters (35.8 to 45.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01472
    C5—115 to 125 centimeters (45.3 to 49.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01473
    C6—125 to 150 centimeters (49.2 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) stratified very fine sand; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01474