IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corvus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NM688016
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NM688016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NM688016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N1099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18598
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 32.7389717
  • Std. Longitude: -106.1705246
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 S
  • Range: 8 E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 761 feet south and 223 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Otero County, New Mexico; Approximately 2.74miles south of the intersection of State Highway 70 and White Sands National Monument entrance
  • Map Unit: 21—Corvus-Peligro complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes21—Corvus-Peligro complex, 0 to 10 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: Coarse-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic, shallow Typic Petrogypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corvus
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic, shallow Typic Petrogypsids
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 30 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: gypsiferous eolian sands
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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
    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: 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ayy

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    Byy1

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    Bnyyzm

    Bnyyzm

    Bnyyzm

    Cnyyz1

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    Cnyyz1

    Cnyyz2

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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

    Ayy

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    Byy1

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    Byy2

    Byy2

    Byy2

    Bnyyzm

    Bnyyzm

    Bnyyzm

    Cnyyz1

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    Cnyyz2

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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 %

    Ayy

    Ayy

    Byy1

    Byy1

    Byy2

    Byy2

    Byy2

    Bnyyzm

    Bnyyzm

    Bnyyzm

    Cnyyz1

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    Cnyyz2

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

    SPAI

    SPNE

    TIHI

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus nealleyi

    Tiquilia hispidissima

    alkali sacaton

    gyp dropseed

    hairy crinklemat

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    petrogypsic

    very strongly coherent

    30 - 58

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

    ochric epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    petrogypsic horizon

    0—5

    5—30

    30—58

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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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    Ayy—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale orange yellow (10YR 9/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8.5/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous loam; 45 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak thick platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; few (0.3) fine dendritic tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 90 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter, saturated paste; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Byy1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); pale orange yellow (10YR 9/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8.5/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous loam; 45 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.3) fine roots throughout; few (0.3) fine dendritic tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 95 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Byy2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); pale orange yellow (10YR 9/2) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 8.5/2) crushed, moist; gypsiferous loam; 40 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate, finely disseminated and 90 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter, saturated paste; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bnyyzm—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); white (10YR 9.5/1) crushed, white (10YR 9/1) crushed, moist; cemented material; very strongly coherent by gypsum; high excavation difficulty; 95 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Fracture interval for Bym averages 50 cm. 35 to 70 cm range. Fractures appear to follow vertical, extremely coarse prismatic structure fractures in Cy horizons. Areas of the petro tilted upwards. Not sure if tilt is gypsum crystal growth raising petro or fracture occured while digging pit. Fracture interval of Bym fits petrogypsic definition.
    Cnyyz1—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); white (10YR 9.5/1) crushed, white (10YR 9/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous loam; 45 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate extremely coarse prismatic structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate, finely disseminated and 95 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, pH meter, saturated paste; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cnyyz2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); 70 percent white (10YR 9.5/1) crushed and 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, 70 percent white (10YR 9/1) crushed and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; gypsiferous loam; 45 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate extremely coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate, finely disseminated and 20 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 50 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, pH meter, saturated paste.; observed in pit, small