IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peligro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NM688012
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NM688012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NM688012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18594
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 32.5139999
  • Std. Longitude: -106.3359985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 S
  • Range: 6 E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1,308 feet south and 1,998 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Otero County, New Mexico; Approximately 2.11 miles southeast of the intersection of RR253 and State Highway 70
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM035—Otero
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SW-LAS—Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM688—White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Parts of Dona Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra and Socorro CountiesNM781—White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32106-E3—Lake Lucero SE, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cates
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic Leptic Haplogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peligro
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic Leptic Haplogypsids
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gypsiferous sandy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: dune on basin floor
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R042BB007NM Gyp Outcrop, Desert Shrub

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/2006 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ay

    Ay

    Byy

    Byy

    Cyy1

    Cyy1

    Cyy2

    Cyy2

    Cyy3

    Cyy3

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    3

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    23

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    62

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    91

    91

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    91

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ay

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    Byy

    Byy

    Cyy1

    Cyy1

    Cyy2

    Cyy2

    Cyy3

    Cyy3

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    3

    3

    23

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    62

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    91

    91

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ay

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    Byy

    Byy

    Cyy1

    Cyy1

    Cyy2

    Cyy2

    Cyy3

    Cyy3

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    3

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    23

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    62

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    91

    91

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    2.3

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    2.9

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    2.6

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATCAC

    SPNE

    TIHI

    Atriplex canescens var. canescens

    Sporobolus nealleyi

    Tiquilia hispidissima

    fourwing saltbush

    gyp dropseed

    hairy crinklemat

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

    ochric epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    0—3

    3—23

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    —20—
    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

    3

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    Ay—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak thick platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; few (0.3) fine irregular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and gypsum, finely disseminated; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter, saturated paste; very abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. A horizon is intermittent. Ranges from 0 to 3 inches with .5 to 1 cm thick cryptogramic cover.
    Byy—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); pale orange yellow (10YR 9.5/2) crushed, pale orange yellow (10YR 9/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous coarse sand; 2 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; few (0.3) fine irregular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 95 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Struture units range as large as 15cm thick to 35cm wide. Coarser welded gypsum crystals found in matrix and in areas of structural units. 20 percent of horizon shows vertical thread like dissoloution features, 5 cm thick on average.
    Cyy1—23 to 62 centimeters (9.1 to 24.4 inches); white (10YR 9/1) crushed, white (10YR 8.5/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous coarse sand; 2 percent clay; moderate extremely coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; many (10.0) fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 95 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; diffuse wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cyy2—62 to 91 centimeters (24.4 to 35.8 inches); pale orange yellow (10YR 9/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8.5/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous coarse sand; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.3) fine roots throughout; many (10.0) fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 75 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 25 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Various gypsum crystal sizes form 2 to 12 cm thicky discontinuous wedgy lenses throughout horizon
    Cyy3—91 to 158 centimeters (35.8 to 62.2 inches); white (10YR 9/1) crushed, white (10YR 8.5/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous coarse sand; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (10.0) fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 95 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in pit, small