IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonoita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1972NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0722
  • 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: 32.2765236
  • 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 74 meters east of road and 1 km north of pedon S61(65)NM-007-008. About 4 meters east of S72NM-007-002, and in the center of a large pipe.
  • 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
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoita
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplargids
  • PSC - 82 to 132 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/1972
  • 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: 4/28/1972 (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.
    A2—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 and medium platy, and weak very fine structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05322
    B11tca—4 to 23 centimeters (1.6 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05323
    B12tca—23 to 57 centimeters (9.1 to 22.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05324
    B13tca—57 to 82 centimeters (22.4 to 32.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 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 # 40A05325. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193089; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193089
    B14tca—82 to 104 centimeters (32.3 to 40.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05326
    B21tca—104 to 131 centimeters (40.9 to 51.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent coats on faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05327
    B22tca—131 to 154 centimeters (51.6 to 60.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent coats on faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05328
    B3tca—154 to 186 centimeters (60.6 to 73.2 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; coats on faces of peds; carbonate threads; fragments. Lab sample # 40A05329. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193092; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 193092