IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972NM013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1972NM013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972NM013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0723
  • 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: 32.2584686
  • Std. Longitude: -106.8719635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: The SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 0.3 km east of road; about 0.6 km southeast of pedon S61(65)NM-007-008.
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • PSC - 26 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: basin floor
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1972 (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

    PROSO

    Prosopis

    mesquite

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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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    1281

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very fine, and weak fine platy structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05330
    B2tca—5 to 26 centimeters (2.0 to 10.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05331
    K&Bt—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 0.5 roots; 60 percent pink (5YR 8/3) carbonate nodules and 60 percent reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05332
    K11—40 to 61 centimeters (15.7 to 24.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4) and 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4) and 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05333
    K12—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pink (7.5YR 8/4) and 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4) and 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05334
    K13—86 to 111 centimeters (33.9 to 43.7 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05335
    K2&K2m—111 to 118 centimeters (43.7 to 46.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; sandy loam; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05336