IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972NM013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1972NM013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972NM013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0721
  • 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: 32.2759666
  • Std. Longitude: -106.8827972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: In the NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 70 meters east of road and 1 km north of pedon S61(65)NM-007-008. About 4 meters west of S72NM-007-003.
  • 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, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onite
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 46 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1972
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1972 (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 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak very fine structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05315
    B1ca—4 to 20 centimeters (1.6 to 7.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; 1 percent carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05316. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193085; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193085
    B21tca—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05317
    B22tca—46 to 65 centimeters (18.1 to 25.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and 25 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and 15 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 25 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05318
    K11—65 to 89 centimeters (25.6 to 35.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; carbonate coats on sand and gravel; 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05319. continuous - phpvsfiid 193086; continuous - phpvsfiid 193086
    K12—89 to 121 centimeters (35.0 to 47.6 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05320
    K2&K2m—121 to 130 centimeters (47.6 to 51.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and pink (5YR 7/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; very hard; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05321