IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): JERAG
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NM035004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NM035004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974NM035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0024
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • 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: Loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Ustalfic Petrocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - JERAG
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - JERAG
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1974 (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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Yucca

    black grama

    blue grama

    yucca

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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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    1579

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    45

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine platy, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00171
    A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00172
    Bt2—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam, clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00173
    Bc31—21 to 30 centimeters (8.3 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00174
    Bc32—30 to 49 centimeters (11.8 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00175
    Ccm1—49 to 79 centimeters (19.3 to 31.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; cemented material; massive; extremely hard by carbonates; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 74C00176