IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hueco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1990NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0494
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 19 S
  • Range: 1 E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: In the Co-Op Well exclosure on the Jornada Experimental Range. The south side of the exclosure is about 3.7 m north of the north edge of the road to West Well. The sampled pedon is 4.3 m south of the nonrecording rain gauge, and 1.7 m southeast of wires to the moisture blocks.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • MLRA: 42B—Southern Rio Grande Rift

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Gile
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Petrocalcic Paleargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hueco
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Petrocalcic Paleargids
  • Classificaton Date - 2/4/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: level basin floor
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/4/1990 (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

    ATCA2

    BLEPH4

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    YUELE

    Aristida

    Atriplex canescens

    Blepharoneuron

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Yucca elata var. elata

    threeawn

    fourwing saltbush

    dropseed

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    soaptree yucca

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

    argillic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    petrocalcic horizon

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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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    C—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; stratified stratified sand; massive; soft; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02726
    Ab—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02727
    Btb1—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); 5YR 5/5 (5YR 5/5), 5YR 3/5 (5YR 3/5), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02728
    Btb2—29 to 41 centimeters (11.4 to 16.1 inches); 5YR 5/5 (5YR 5/5), 5YR 4/5 (5YR 4/5), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02729
    Btkb1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); 5YR 5/5 (5YR 5/5), 5YR 4/5 (5YR 4/5), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02730
    Btkb2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay bridges; 3 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02731
    Bk—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02732
    Bkm—76 to 80 centimeters (29.9 to 31.5 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 90P02733