IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hermes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NM688014
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NM688014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18596
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 32.4814861
  • Std. Longitude: -106.3568111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 47—Loki-Jato-Hermes complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes309—Copia-Hermes complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM035—Otero
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM688—White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Parts of Dona Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra and Socorro Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32106-D3—White Sands NE, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cates
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, gypsic, thermic Leptic Haplogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hermes
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hermes
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gypsiferous sandy eolian deposits over gypsiferous lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: relict stabilized dune on lakebed (relict) on basin floor
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    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
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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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

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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 %

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    Cy1

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    Cy4

    Cy4

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    ec meter, saturated paste

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    gypsic 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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    By—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, moist; gritty sand; moderate extremely coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very weakly coherent by gypsum, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 90 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Extremely coarse subangular blocky structure units average 30 X 30 cm. 20 percent of horizon shows vertical threadlike dissoloution features that is lower in bulk density.
    Cy1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); light gray (7.5YR 7/1) crushed, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) broken face, moist; gritty sandy loam; 6 percent clay; moderate extremely coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, extremely weakly coherent by gypsum, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine pores; 90 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N04762
    Cy2—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1) broken face, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) crushed, moist; gritty sand; moderate extremely coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, very weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 10 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 60 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary. Various size gypsum crystals occur as discontinuous lenses, 2 to 12 cm thick throughout horizon.
    Cy3—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, moist; gritty sand; moderate extremely coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, very weakly coherent by gypsum, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 100 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.
    Cy4—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) broken face, white (10YR 8/1) crushed, moist; gritty sand; moderate extremely coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, moderately coherent by gypsum, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141 um/s; moderately slow permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 100 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Cy5—147 to 160 centimeters (57.9 to 63.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) broken face, light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed, moist; gritty sand; moderate extremely coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 4 percent fine masses of oxidized iron throughout; 100 percent very fine gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter, saturated paste.