IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corvus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012NM035006
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NM035006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012NM035006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7979
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69331
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.7241111
  • Std. Longitude: -106.3346944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 S
  • Range: 6 E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 251 feet north and 2,416 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Otero County, New Mexico; Approximately 9.8 miles southwest of the intersection of US Highway 70 and the White Sands National Monument entrance
  • Map Unit: 93—Corvus-Peligro-Nasa complex, 0 to 5 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: NM781—White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32106-G3—Heart of the Sands, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave White
  • 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 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/31/2012
  • Classifier - Dave White
  • 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 eolian sands
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: relict interdune
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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: 5/31/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dave White
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ay

    Byy

    Byym

    2Byy

    0

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    36

    123

    2

    36

    123

    152

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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

    Ay

    Byy

    Byym

    2Byy

    0

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    36

    123

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    36

    123

    152

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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 %

    Ay

    Byy

    Byym

    2Byy

    0

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    36

    123

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    123

    152

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    2.9

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

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    11

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

    ATCA2

    EPTO

    PRGL2

    Atriplex canescens

    Ephedra torreyana

    Prosopis glandulosa

    fourwing saltbush

    Torrey's jointfir

    honey mesquite

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

    petrogypsic

    very strongly coherent

    36 - 123

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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—2

    2—36

    36—123

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    —34—

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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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    152

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    1244

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    254

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    Ay—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and gypsum, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Byy—2 to 36 centimeters (0.8 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, moist; gypsiferous coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and common (1.0) coarse roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and gypsum, finely disseminated throughout and 90 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Byym—36 to 123 centimeters (14.2 to 48.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) crushed, pink (7.5YR 8/4) crushed, moist; cemented material; very strongly coherent by gypsum; many (5.0) very fine roots top of horizon and common (1.0) medium roots top of horizon; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Byy—123 to 152 centimeters (48.4 to 59.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, moist; gypsiferous sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 10 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; gypsum, finely disseminated throughout and 10 percent medium irregular gypsum masses throughout and 90 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter.; observed in pit, small