IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NM017019
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NM017019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NM017019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1154
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34763
  • 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: 32.7273369
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2631149
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 19
  • 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 - 9/14/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1976 (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

    10

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    1786

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    135

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08754
    A12—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08755
    A13—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08756
    C1ca—18 to 61 centimeters (7.1 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08757
    C2ca—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08758
    C3ca—102 to 178 centimeters (40.2 to 70.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08759