IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berino
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010NM664SCAN1
  • User Pedon ID: S2010NM053001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010NM664SCAN1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1337
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43156
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.4136111
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6966667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 11
  • Map Unit: 26—Dona Ana-Chutum complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM053—Socorro
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM664—Socorro County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34106-D6—Black Butte, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eldridge/Riggs/Scheffe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berino
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, superactive, thermic Typic Calciargids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • 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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/8/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    PRGL2

    YUEL

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Prosopis glandulosa

    Yucca elata

    black grama

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    honey mesquite

    soaptree yucca

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—17

    17—67

    33—130

    —17—

    —50—

    —97—
    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

    1

    152

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    1554

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    45

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    2171

    Sevilleta

    SCAN
    A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed loamy fine sand; 10 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06421; observed in pit, small
    Bt—17 to 33 centimeters (6.7 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06422
    Btk—33 to 68 centimeters (13.0 to 26.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 7 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06423
    Bk—68 to 80 centimeters (26.8 to 31.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 17 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-39-76 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06424
    2Bk1—80 to 105 centimeters (31.5 to 41.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06425
    2Bk2—105 to 130 centimeters (41.3 to 51.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3) crushed, pink (7.5YR 7/3) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in matrix and 20 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06426