IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VERHALEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NM017023
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NM017023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NM017023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1158
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34767
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 32.1973495
  • Std. Longitude: -108.5081177
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: South of I-10 and the Santa Fe Railroad.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM017—Grant
  • MLRA: 42B—Southern Rio Grande Rift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM662—Grant County, New Mexico, Central and Southern Parts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32108-B5—Muir Ranch, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Mollic Torrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VERHALEN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Verhalen
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: bolson
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1976 (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

    GUSA2

    GUSA2

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    PROSO

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Prosopis

    broom snakeweed

    broom snakeweed

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

    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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    225

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; strong thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08785
    A12—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08786
    B21—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08787
    B22—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08788
    B3Ca—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08789
    C1—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08790
    2B21tb—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08791
    2B22tb—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08792