IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alamogordo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NM035002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NM035002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974NM035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44783
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 4.7 miles west on LA Luz Gate read from US 54, 1.45 on farm road and .1 mile east on farm road and 300 feet south of road.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM035—Otero
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM646—Otero Area, New Mexico, Parts of Otero, Eddy and Chaves Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Calcigypsids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alamogordo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gordo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or eolian deposits
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1974 (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

    ATCA2

    CAHO3

    PROSO

    SPAI

    Atriplex canescens

    Canotia holacantha

    Prosopis

    Sporobolus airoides

    fourwing saltbush

    crucifixion thorn

    mesquite

    alkali sacaton

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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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    1295

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    135

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    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak very fine platy, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent gypsum masses; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00153
    A12—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent gypsum masses; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00154
    A13—4 to 7 centimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 7 percent gypsum masses; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00155
    Csc1—7 to 29 centimeters (2.8 to 11.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent gypsum masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00156
    C2—29 to 62 centimeters (11.4 to 24.4 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 51 percent gypsum masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00157
    C3—62 to 89 centimeters (24.4 to 35.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 49 percent gypsum masses and 10 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00158
    C4—89 to 115 centimeters (35.0 to 45.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00159
    Csc5—115 to 123 centimeters (45.3 to 48.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 46 percent gypsum masses and 30 percent very fine and fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00160
    C6—123 to 140 centimeters (48.4 to 55.1 inches); pink (5YR 7/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 11 percent gypsum masses and 30 percent very fine and fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00161