IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hueco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM013005
  • User Pedon ID: S1990NM013005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0496
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 19 S
  • Range: 1 E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: In the Rabbit exclosure on the Jornada Experimental Range. The northeast corner of the exclosure is 4 m south of the south edge of the road to Headquarters. The sampled pedon is 2.3 m southeast of the nonrecording rain gauge, and 50 cm southeast of wires leading to the soil 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, active, thermic Petrocalcic Paleargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hueco
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Petrocalcic Paleargids
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: interdune on broad basin floor
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/12/1990 (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

    PROSO

    Atriplex canescens

    Prosopis

    fourwing saltbush

    mesquite

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

    petrocalcic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    argillic 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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    1326

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), 5YR 3/6 (5YR 3/6), moist; loamy sand; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02748
    C—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), 5YR 3/6 (5YR 3/6), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02749
    BAtkb—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02750
    Btkb1—23 to 34 centimeters (9.1 to 13.4 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; slightly hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02751
    Btkb2—34 to 44 centimeters (13.4 to 17.3 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; 3 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02752
    Btkb3—44 to 57 centimeters (17.3 to 22.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; 3 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02753
    Btkb4—57 to 67 centimeters (22.4 to 26.4 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.1 fine roots; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay bridges; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02754
    K2mb—67 to 69 centimeters (26.4 to 27.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; extremely firm; fragments; strong effervescence.