IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dona Ana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1968NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0748
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 32.5154037
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7419586
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: In the NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 0.2 mile east of Jornada road.
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dona Ana
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/1968
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: basin floor
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/11/1968 (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

    FLCE

    Flourensia cernua

    American tarwort

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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

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    1318

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy parts to weak coarse platy structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05542
    B1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05543
    B21ca—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05544
    B22tca—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05545
    K1—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and light brown (7.5YR 6/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, loose; carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05546
    K21—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05547
    K22—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05548
    K23cs—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 1 percent gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05549
    C1cacs—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; massive; very hard; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05550
    2C2cacs—203 to 231 centimeters (79.9 to 90.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05551
    2C3—231 to 249 centimeters (90.9 to 98.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; gravelly sand; massive, and single grain; soft, loose; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05552