IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cave
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NM013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NM013005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NM013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0813
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33872
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/2, SE 1/4
  • 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 and R. B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Calcic Lithic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cave
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CAVE
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/1969 (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

    PAIN2

    PAIN2

    Parthenium incanum

    Parthenium incanum

    mariola

    mariola

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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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    1408

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate very fine and fine platy structure; soft; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06167
    A&BCA—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A06171
    BCA—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06168
    25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A06172
    C1CA—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; massive; soft; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06169
    C2CAM—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06170
    C3CAM—61 to 101 centimeters (24.0 to 39.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06173
    C4CAM—101 to 148 centimeters (39.8 to 58.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06174
    C5CAM—148 to 162 centimeters (58.3 to 63.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and pink (5YR 8/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A06175