IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ANDERGEORGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NM027014
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NM027014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979NM027014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47329
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 33.7667656
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8161087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1/10 mile south of Y in ranch road. Approximately 9 miles north northeast of Carrizozo.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM027—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 70—Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM632—Lincoln County Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dale Sprankle and David Carter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Gypsiorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ANDERGEORGE
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Andergeorge
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Gypsiorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    BOER4

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    EPVI

    EPVI

    YUCCA

    YUCCA

    Aristida

    Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Yucca

    Yucca

    threeawn

    spidergrass

    black grama

    black grama

    blue grama

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    yucca

    yucca

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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

    5

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    330

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    12.8

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00469
    C1cacs—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00470
    C2cacs—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00471
    C3cacs—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00472
    C4cacs—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00473
    C5cacs—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00474
    C6cacs—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00475
    C7cacs—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 8/6), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00476
    C8cacs—183 to 208 centimeters (72.0 to 81.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P00477