IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coxwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970NM013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970NM013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970NM013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0788
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33847
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 32.4367981
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5900116
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: In the NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 150 feet east of road.
  • 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-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Ustic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coxwell
  • PSC - 5 to 21 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coxwell Variant
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/1970 (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

    BOGR2

    DAPU7

    GUTIE

    NOLIN

    OPHU

    OPUNT

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Gutierrezia

    Nolina

    Opuntia humifusa

    Opuntia

    blue grama

    low woollygrass

    snakeweed

    beargrass

    devil's-tongue

    pricklypear

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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

    5

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    1598

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05900
    B1t—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05901
    B2t—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05902
    B3tca—21 to 52 centimeters (8.3 to 20.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A05903. interiors of some fragments stained red (2.5YR 4/6) or reddish brown (5YR and 2.5YR 4/4 and 5/4 dry); carbonate filaments on surfaces of some fragments; interiors noncalcareous
    R1tca—52 to 93 centimeters (20.5 to 36.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; massive; extremely hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05904
    R2t—93 to 118 centimeters (36.6 to 46.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; massive; extremely hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05905