IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NM688015
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NM688015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NM688015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1098
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18597
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.7365570
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1862793
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 S
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1,450 feet south and 600 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Otero County, New Mexico; Approximately 2.98 miles southwest of the intersection of State Highway 70 and White Sands National Monument entrance
  • Map Unit: 28—Flake-Saltspring complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes28—Flake-Saltspring complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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-F2—Foster Lake, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shoup
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Calcigypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Flake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, gypsic, thermic Typic Calcigypsids
  • 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 - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: alluvial flat on basin floor
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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
    R042BE063NM Gyp Upland, Cool Desert Grassland

    • 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: water erosion sheet
    • 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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    Bknyz1

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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

    A

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    Bk

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    Bky1

    Bky1

    Bky1

    Bky2

    Bky2

    Bky2

    Bknyz1

    Bknyz1

    Bknyz1

    Bknyz2

    Bknyz2

    Bknyz2

    Bknyz3

    Bknyz3

    Bknyz3

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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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    Bky2

    Bky2

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    Bknyz1

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

    ATCA2

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    SPAI

    SUSU

    Atriplex canescens

    Scleropogon brevifolius

    Sporobolus airoides

    Suaeda suffrutescens

    fourwing saltbush

    burrograss

    alkali sacaton

    desert seepweed

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    gypsic horizon

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    0—18

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    25—178

    71—160

    —18—

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    —153—

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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
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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak thick platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (5.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bk—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine tubular and few (0.3) fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine spherical carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bky1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, moist; gypsiferous silt loam; 20 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; few (0.3) very fine tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 2 percent medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bky2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; gypsiferous silt loam; 18 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout; few (0.3) very fine tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 10 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bknyz1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; gypsiferous clay loam; 38 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; few (0.3) very coarse tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 20 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bknyz2—102 to 160 centimeters (40.2 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; gypsiferous clay loam; 35 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout and 25 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bknyz3—160 to 178 centimeters (63.0 to 70.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) crushed, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; gypsiferous clay loam; 31 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 36 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) very fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 10 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 2 percent medium spherical gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in pit, small