IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pintura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009NM013011
  • User Pedon ID: S2009NM013011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009NM013011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0133
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25102
  • 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: 32.5569992
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7000275
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20
  • Range: 2 E
  • Section: 23
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Scheffe, J. Riggs, A. Eldridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pintura
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands over alluvium
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan, dune
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • 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

    FLCE

    PLMU3

    PRGL2

    Flourensia cernua

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Prosopis glandulosa

    American tarwort

    tobosagrass

    honey mesquite

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

    cambic horizon

    120—155

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    10/28/2009

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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

    3

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    1332

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    220

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    2168

    Jornada Exp Range

    SCAN
    C—0 to 110 centimeters (0.0 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; stratified stratified sand; 95 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 3 percent clay; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity irregular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00520; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ab—110 to 120 centimeters (43.3 to 47.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; stratified stratified loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 10 percent clay; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium moderate-continuity irregular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00521; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bwb—120 to 155 centimeters (47.2 to 61.0 inches); stratified stratified loam; 45 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 25 percent clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00522; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bwb2—155 to 200 centimeters (61.0 to 78.7 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) broken face stratified stratified sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 30 percent clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity irregular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00523; dry when described; observed in pit, small