IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gila
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987-NM015-001-copy
  • User Pedon ID: S1987-NM015-001-copy
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60179
  • 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: 32.2168722
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9989167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet N and 200 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: 1 mi W of Malaga Bend.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM015—Eddy
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-MAF—Marfa, Texas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM614—Eddy Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32103-B8—Pierce Canyon, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, thermic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gila
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/2017
  • Classifier - Lynn Loomis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marcmill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—33

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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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    892

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    315

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Ap2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine and fine roots and few coarse roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    C1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots and few fine to coarse roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; FSL of Field texture class; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00319; observed in trench
    C2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    C3—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.; observed in trench