IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrogypsic Haplosalids
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012NM013001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NM013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012NM013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7973
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69678
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.8938056
  • Std. Longitude: -106.4024167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 S
  • Range: 5 E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,879 feet south and 2,624 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Dona Ana County, New Mexico; 5.5 miles northeast of the intersection of RR7 and RR10
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • 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 Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32106-H4—Heart of the Sands NW, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Cates
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic Petrogypsic Haplosalids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrogypsic Haplosalids
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic Petrogypsic Haplosalids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gypsiferous lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: lakebed (relict)
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for very long periods begining in jul
  • 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
    R042BB001NM Alkali Flat, Desert Shrub

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALOC2

    Allenrolfea occidentalis

    iodinebush

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

    petrogypsic

    very strongly coherent

    10 - 180

    - 170 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    salt accumulations

    petrogypsic horizon

    0—18

    0—180

    10—180

    —18—

    —180—

    —170—
    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

    0

    152

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    1197

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    0

    203

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    210

    20

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    21

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    Anyyz—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); white (2.5Y 9.5/1) crushed, white (2.5Y 8.5/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; very hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9 um/s; moderate permeability; many (8.0) interstitial pores; salt, finely disseminated and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bnyyzm1—10 to 45 centimeters (3.9 to 17.7 inches); white (N 9.5/), broken face, white (2.5Y 9.5/1) broken face, moist; gypsiferous loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; salt, finely disseminated and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bnyyzm2—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); white (2.5Y 9/1) broken face, white (2.5Y 8/1) broken face, moist; gypsiferous very fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 15 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; salt, finely disseminated and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bnyyzm3—65 to 115 centimeters (25.6 to 45.3 inches); white (2.5Y 9/1) broken face, white (2.5Y 8/1) broken face, moist; gypsiferous loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; salt, finely disseminated and carbonate, finely disseminated and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Bnyyzgm1—115 to 135 centimeters (45.3 to 53.1 inches); greenish gray (10Y 6/1) broken face, greenish gray (10Y 5/1) broken face, moist; gypsiferous sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; salt, finely disseminated and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; petrochemical odor; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Bnyyzgm2—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); light greenish gray (10Y 8/1) broken face, light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) broken face, moist; gypsiferous loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; salt, finely disseminated and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; petrochemical odor; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Bnyyzgm3—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); light greenish gray (10Y 7/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face, moist; gypsiferous sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 7 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, rigid, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.7 um/s; moderately slow permeability; salt, finely disseminated and 90 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; petrochemical odor; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small