IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CROWFLATS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NM035006
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NM035006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974NM035006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44787
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 30
  • 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: Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), thermic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CROWFLATS
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crowflats
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1974 (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

    LATR2

    SPAI

    Larrea tridentata

    Sporobolus airoides

    creosote bush

    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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    1350

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    135

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00182
    A12—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00183
    Ab1—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silt; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00184
    Cb1—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; silt; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00185
    Cb2—40 to 64 centimeters (15.7 to 25.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate thin subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00186
    Cb3—64 to 75 centimeters (25.2 to 29.5 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00187
    Ab1—75 to 135 centimeters (29.5 to 53.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00188
    Cb1—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00189
    Cb2—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate thin subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00190
    Cb3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00191
    Cb4—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00192
    Cb5—229 to 254 centimeters (90.2 to 100.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00193