IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Terino
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970NM013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1970NM013008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970NM013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0744
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 32.8023415
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6597366
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: The SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 600 feet east of road.
  • 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: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Argic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Terino
  • PSC - 5 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Terino
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/1970 (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

    ARIST

    ARTEG

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    KRAME

    ZINNI

    Aristida

    Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Krameria

    Zinnia

    threeawn

    spidergrass

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    ratany

    zinnia

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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

    3

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    1373

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak thin platy structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05483
    B21t—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; soft; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05484
    B22t—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine structure; slightly hard; 3.0 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05485. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178652; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178652
    B23tca—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine structure; soft; 3.0 fine roots; faint carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05486
    K2m—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); fragments. This horizon is present over much of the north face of the pit but is usually absent on the south side
    K2m—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; massive; extremely hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05487. 40A05492 and 40A05495
    K31—64 to 82 centimeters (25.2 to 32.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; massive; very hard; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05488. 40A05496
    K32—82 to 121 centimeters (32.3 to 47.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, loose; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05489. this sample offset about 6 feet to the west to get a more typical K horizon; the K31 and K2m sampled in place
    K33—121 to 159 centimeters (47.6 to 62.6 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05490. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193083
    C—159 to 179 centimeters (62.6 to 70.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sand; massive; soft; fragments. Lab sample # 40A05491. 40A05498