IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lechuguilla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S12NM015008
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NM015008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56637
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 32.3938904
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5319138
  • Datum: WGS84
  • MLRA: 70D—Southern Desert Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM614—Eddy Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Logan Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Lithic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lechuguilla
  • PSC - 0 to 18 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lechuguilla
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: limestone and/or colluvium derived from limestone and dolomite
  • Landscape: mountain range
  • Landform: high hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 18cm with =>200
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent flat very angular indurated 150- to 380-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 15.00 percent nonflat very angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 20.00 percent flat very angular indurated 2- to 150-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 5.00 percent nonflat very angular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 1.00 percent nonflat very angular indurated 600- to 2000-millimeter limestone, unspecified, 40.00 percent nonflat very angular indurated 75- to 250-millimeter limestone, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bk

    0

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    18

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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

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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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    18

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    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    18 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    secondary carbonates

    lithic contact

    0—18

    10—18

    18—

    —18—

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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

    2

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    1323

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    356

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    230

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; 10 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 150-?-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat very angular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat very angular indurated 2-?-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N03001; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; 15 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat very angular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume flat very angular indurated 150-?-380 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N03002; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—18 centimeters (7.1 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small