IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonoita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0814
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: north end of trench at which pedon S69-7-7 was sampled
  • 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, smectitic, thermic Vertic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoita
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SONOITA
  • 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

    FLCE

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    Flourensia cernua

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    American tarwort

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

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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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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; massive, and weak very fine platy; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06176
    B21T—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry; 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06177
    B22T—14 to 36 centimeters (5.5 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06178
    B23T—36 to 57 centimeters (14.2 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06179
    B3CA—57 to 86 centimeters (22.4 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; massive; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06180
    BB—86 to 106 centimeters (33.9 to 41.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.1 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06181
    C1CA—106 to 130 centimeters (41.7 to 51.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A06182