IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonoita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1990NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0497
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 19 S
  • Range: 1 E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: in the West Well exclosure of the Jornada Experimental Range. The north side of the exclosure is about 7.6 m south of the south edge of the road to Headquarters. The sampled pedon is 1.8 m south of the nonrecording rain gauge and 0.9 m south of the wires 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, superactive, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonoita
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplargids
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/8/1990 (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

    GUTIE

    PROSO

    YUELE

    Gutierrezia

    Prosopis

    Yucca elata var. elata

    snakeweed

    mesquite

    soaptree yucca

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

    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

    1

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    1315

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    270

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    C1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; stratified stratified sand; loose, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02757
    C2—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; stratified stratified sand; loose, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 90P02758
    C3—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; stratified stratified sand; soft, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02759
    Ab—33 to 39 centimeters (13.0 to 15.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), 5YR 2/3 (5YR 2/3), moist; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02760
    BAtb—39 to 44 centimeters (15.4 to 17.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02761
    Btb1—44 to 55 centimeters (17.3 to 21.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02762
    Btb2—55 to 70 centimeters (21.7 to 27.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02763
    Btb3—70 to 91 centimeters (27.6 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay bridges; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02764
    Btkb1—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay bridges; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02765
    Btkb2—109 to 129 centimeters (42.9 to 50.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.1 fine roots; 5YR (5YR) clay bridges; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02766
    Btkb3—129 to 143 centimeters (50.8 to 56.3 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay bridges; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments. Lab sample # 90P02767