IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gypsic Haplosalids
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012NM035008
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NM035008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012NM035008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7981
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73180
  • 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: 32.8708889
  • Std. Longitude: -106.3066667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 S
  • Range: 6 E
  • Section: 31
  • 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: NM688—White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Parts of Dona Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra and Socorro Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32106-G3—Heart of the Sands, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Cates
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic Gypsic 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 - Gypsic Haplosalids
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-gypseous, hypergypsic, thermic Gypsic Haplosalids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • 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 and/or gypsiferous eolian sands
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: shoreline
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/30/2012 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—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

    4

    152

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    1205

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    270

    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 8/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 8 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 95 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bnyyz—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); variegated, 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; gypsiferous clay loam; 30 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 30 percent clay; 2 percent black (5Y 2.5/1) coarse distinct irregular mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.3) coarse roots throughout; few (0.3) coarse dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 10 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cnyyz—32 to 84 centimeters (12.6 to 33.1 inches); variegated, 60 percent white (10YR 9/1) crushed and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed and 10 percent dark greenish gray (10BG 4/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous sandy clay loam; 70 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 26 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 85 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cnyyzg1—84 to 98 centimeters (33.1 to 38.6 inches); variegated, 60 percent greenish gray (5BG 6/1) crushed and 25 percent dark greenish gray (10BG 4/1) crushed and 15 percent white (N 9/), crushed, moist; gypsiferous clay loam; 65 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 25 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 70 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Cnyyzg2—98 to 152 centimeters (38.6 to 59.8 inches);, bluish gray (10B 5/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous silt loam; 28 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 22 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 90 percent very fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Cnyyzg3—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches);, bluish gray (5PB 6/1) crushed, moist; gypsiferous sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, rigid, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 90 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small