IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atoka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988-NM015-027-copy
  • User Pedon ID: S1988-NM015-027-copy
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988-NM015-027-copy
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61155
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 32.3342194
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2138222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet W and 2600 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: Four miles south of Carlsbad.
  • 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: 32104-C2—Otis, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atoka
  • PSC - 25 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2017
  • Classifier - Lynn Loomis
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atoka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Paleorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACGR

    ARIST

    PRGLT

    Acacia greggii

    Aristida

    Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana

    catclaw acacia

    threeawn

    western honey mesquite

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    petrocalcic

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    79 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    petrocalcic horizon

    0—8

    8—36

    36—79

    79—

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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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    969

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    225

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; L of Field texture class; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00553; observed in trench. common very fine roots
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; L of Field texture class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00554; observed in trench. common fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bw2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; SICL of Field texture class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00555; observed in trench. common fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bk—36 to 79 centimeters (14.2 to 31.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; loam; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; SICL of Field texture class; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00556; observed in trench. few very fine roots
    Bkkm—79 centimeters (31.1 inches); cemented material; fragments.; observed in trench. petro calcic