IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wink
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1990NM013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0495
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 32.6002502
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7334976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19 S
  • Range: 2 E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: In the former exclosure at Headquarters. This exclosure has been dismantled and the rain gauge had been moved to anoter site at Headquarters.
  • 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, superactive, thermic Petronodic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wink
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Petronodic Haplocalcids
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/29/1990 (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

    ATCA2

    BLEPH4

    YUELE

    Atriplex canescens

    Blepharoneuron

    Yucca elata var. elata

    fourwing saltbush

    dropseed

    soaptree yucca

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic 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

    2

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    1317

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    90

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    C—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; stratified stratified loamy sand; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02736
    Ab—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02737
    Akb—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02738
    Bkb1—30 to 42 centimeters (11.8 to 16.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02739
    Bkb2—42 to 58 centimeters (16.5 to 22.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02740
    Bkb3—58 to 78 centimeters (22.8 to 30.7 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02741
    Bkb4—78 to 101 centimeters (30.7 to 39.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02742
    Bkb5—101 to 117 centimeters (39.8 to 46.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium and 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02743
    Bkb6—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; yellow (10YR 7/6) fine and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02744
    C—127 to 136 centimeters (50.0 to 53.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments. Lab sample # 90P02745. This material appears to be primarily gypsum, and needs further study. It may be partly or wholly of lacustrine origin.