IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1970NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0746
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.4481850
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7152939
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 900 feet north of pedon S70NM-007-007.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • PSC - 15 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/13/1970 (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

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

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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

    1

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    1312

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A2—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; massive, and weak medium platy; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05514
    B1t—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05515
    B21t—15 to 34 centimeters (5.9 to 13.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05516
    B22tca—34 to 41 centimeters (13.4 to 16.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05517
    B3ca—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent carbonate nodules and 1 percent carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05518
    2Cca—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05519. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193079; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193079
    3B1cab—104 to 120 centimeters (40.9 to 47.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05520
    3B21tcab—120 to 136 centimeters (47.2 to 53.5 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and massive; hard; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats on faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05521. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193080; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193080
    3B22tcab—136 to 165 centimeters (53.5 to 65.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05522. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193081; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193081
    3B31tcab—165 to 194 centimeters (65.0 to 76.4 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; very hard; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05523
    3B32cab—194 to 215 centimeters (76.4 to 84.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; very hard; carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05524. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193082; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193082