IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PRELO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NM035007
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NM035007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974NM035007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44788
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3.15 miles weset of intersection of US 54-70 and La Luz cut-off toward La Luz Gate to farm road and 50 feet north 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: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Camborthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PRELO
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Russler
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: valley basin floor
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1974 (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

    2FA

    ADENO2

    PROSO

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    Adenostoma

    Prosopis

    Forb, annual

    chamise

    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

    1

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    1295

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    270

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; weak very fine and fine platy structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00194
    A12—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00195
    A13—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00196
    B21—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00197
    B22—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent fine carbonate masses and 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00198
    C1—61 to 82 centimeters (24.0 to 32.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent fine carbonate masses and 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00199
    Csc2—82 to 114 centimeters (32.3 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent medium carbonate masses and 30 percent medium threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00200
    C3—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent fine carbonate masses and 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00201
    C4—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent fine carbonate masses and 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00202
    C5—173 to 201 centimeters (68.1 to 79.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent fine carbonate masses and 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 74C00203