IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NM017017
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NM017017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NM017017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1152
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34761
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.7040062
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2578354
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Southwest of Silver City.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM017—Grant
  • MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM662—Grant County, New Mexico, Central and Southern Parts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32108-F3—Tyrone, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, mesic Aridic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guy
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guy
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1976 (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

    ARIST

    ARTEG

    BOGR2

    NOMI

    NOMI

    Aristida

    Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Nolina microcarpa

    Nolina microcarpa

    threeawn

    spidergrass

    blue grama

    sacahuista

    sacahuista

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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

    3

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    1768

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    90

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08738
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08739
    C1Ca—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08740
    C2Ca—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08741
    C2Ca—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08744. sample is of a krotovina is 9 x 15 inches (23 x 38 cm) and oval in shape
    C3Ca—81 to 135 centimeters (31.9 to 53.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 26 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08742
    C4Ca—135 to 191 centimeters (53.1 to 75.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 26 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08743
    C4Ca—157 to 168 centimeters (61.8 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08745