IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite Variant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968NM013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1968NM013005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968NM013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0792
  • 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: 32.4537392
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7111282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: In the NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 600 feet north of S68NM-007-003.
  • 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
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite Variant
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 13 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/1968
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1968 (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

    BLEPH4

    DAPU7

    GUTIE

    Blepharoneuron

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Gutierrezia

    dropseed

    low woollygrass

    snakeweed

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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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    1315

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05934
    B21t—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05935
    B22t—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05936
    Cca—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05937. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178649; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178649
    2B21cab—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05938
    2B22cab—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05939
    2B1tb2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05940
    2B2tb2—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05941
    2K21b2—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05942
    2B22tb2—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A05943. offset sample of pipe with Bt material