IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bucklebar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968NM013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1968NM013008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968NM013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0807
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 32.2965202
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9089050
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: south bank of trench, Las Cruces Municipal Airport in pipe about 25 feet east of S61NM-007-007.
  • 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucklebar
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/13/1968
  • 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: 12/13/1968 (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

    DAPU7

    GUTIE

    PROSO

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Gutierrezia

    Prosopis

    low woollygrass

    snakeweed

    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
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    1342

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06103. not sampled because the horizon is overlain and disturbed by spoil pile; sampled offset
    B1t—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and massive; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06104
    B21tca—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 3 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06105
    B22tca—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06106
    B23tca—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06107
    K/B—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); 70 percent pink (7.5YR 8/4), 70 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06108
    K/B—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); 30 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06108. horizon was originally K&B
    K/B—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); 20 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), 20 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06109. horizon was originally K&B
    K/B—157 to 188 centimeters (61.8 to 74.0 inches); 65 percent pink (7.5YR 8/4), 65 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06109