IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pintura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968NM013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968NM013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968NM013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5538
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: In the NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: in fresh cut on east side of Jornada Road, Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pintura
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pintura
  • Classificaton Date - 2/5/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/5/1968 (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

    PROSO

    Prosopis

    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

    1

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    1320

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    270

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    ; fragments. Soil Surface. Weakly crusted on the surface of the dune.
    C1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41591
    C2—33 to 102 centimeters (13.0 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41592
    C3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41593
    Ab—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41594
    B1tb—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive, and weak subangular blocky; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41595
    B21tcab—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; coats between sand grains; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41596
    B22tcab—168 to 190 centimeters (66.1 to 74.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; coats between sand grains; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    K1b—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry; 0.1 roots; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Underlying K2 horizon, not sampled.