IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stellar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976NM017024
  • User Pedon ID: S1976NM017024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976NM017024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34768
  • 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: 32.2009621
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4931183
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: South of I-10 and the Santa Fe Railroad, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • 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-B4—Separ, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stellar
  • PSC - 28 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stellar
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: bolson
  • 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

    ARIST

    ARTEG

    BOBA2

    GUSA2

    GUSA2

    MUTO2

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    SOEL

    Aristida

    Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

    Bouteloua barbata

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Solanum elaeagnifolium

    threeawn

    spidergrass

    sixweeks grama

    broom snakeweed

    broom snakeweed

    ring muhly

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

    silverleaf nightshade

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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

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    1332

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08793
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08794
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08795
    B21t—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; sandy clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08796
    B22t—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08797
    B3—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08798
    C1Ca—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; extremely hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08799
    C2Ca—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08800
    C3Ca—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08801
    2B2tb—183 to 201 centimeters (72.0 to 79.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08802