IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pajarito
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2018NM013248
  • User Pedon ID: 2018NM013248
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0769
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33828
  • User Project ID: 2018 - SW-LAS - 001
  • Project Name: MLRA 42 - Chihuahuan D. Sedimentary Piedmonts and Basins LRU update, parts of NM690, 688, 660, 664, 029, 719 and TX624
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026

    • 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: 32.4878528
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9153000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: approximately 0.4 mile northeast of feet Selden ruins.
  • Map Unit: Pa—Pajarito fine sandy loam
  • 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: NM690—Dona Ana County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32106-D8—Leasburg, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.H. Gile and R.B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Typic Haplocambid
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, thermic Typic Haplocambids
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2019
  • Classifier - Cates, Greg
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Leasburg age sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: Leasburg age geomorphic surface terrace on valley-border surface
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 8.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gile, Grossman
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ak1

    Ak2

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    Bk3

    Bk4

    C

    2Bkkb1

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    64

    84

    104

    127

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    64

    84

    104

    127

    152

    40A05720

    40A05721

    40A05722

    40A05723

    40A05724

    40A05725

    40A05726

    40A05727

    40A05728

    Gile, Grossman

    Gile, Grossman

    Gile, Grossman

    Gile, Grossman

    Gile, Grossman

    Gile, Grossman

    Gile, Grossman

    Gile, Grossman

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    8.7

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    6.8

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    2.9

    3.5

    2.4

    3.6

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    1.4

    2.1

    7.7

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    8.5

    8.1

    6.3

    5.4

    5.2

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    5.7

    18

    80.9

    78.9

    78.2

    80.8

    86.7

    85.9

    87.8

    87.3

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    0.6

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    10

    8.5

    8.8

    7.7

    3.6

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    7.9

    3.5

    11.7

    10.3

    10.8

    10.7

    13.5

    10.7

    12.2

    14.6

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    33.3

    31.7

    31.2

    34.1

    41.8

    38.8

    40.6

    38.8

    24.5

    24.8

    27

    26.6

    27.4

    27.8

    28.6

    27

    25.4

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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

    Ak1

    Ak2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    Bk4

    C

    2Bkkb1

    2Bkkb2

    0

    5

    15

    28

    43

    64

    84

    104

    127

    5

    15

    28

    43

    64

    84

    104

    127

    152

    40A05720

    40A05721

    40A05722

    40A05723

    40A05724

    40A05725

    40A05726

    40A05727

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    8.7

    9.2

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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 %

    Ak1

    Ak2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    Bk4

    C

    2Bkkb1

    2Bkkb2

    0

    5

    15

    28

    43

    64

    84

    104

    127

    5

    15

    28

    43

    64

    84

    104

    127

    152

    40A05720

    40A05721

    40A05722

    40A05723

    40A05724

    40A05725

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—43

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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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    Ak1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 81 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 9 percent clay; moderate thin platy structure; soft; few (0.5) roots; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume 5-13-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05720
    Ak2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 79 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; hard; few (0.5) roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05721
    Bk1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 78 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard; few (0.5) roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05722
    Bk2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 81 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; few (0.5) roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05723
    Bk3—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 87 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; few (0.5) roots; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 1 percent medium pink (7.5YR 8/4) carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 5-13-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05724
    Bk4—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 86 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 7 percent clay; massive; hard; few (0.5) roots; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 1 percent medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/3) carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 5-13-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05725
    C—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sand; 88 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 5 percent clay; massive; slightly hard; few (0.5) roots; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05726
    2Bkkb1—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sand; 87 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 5 percent clay; massive; hard; few (0.5) roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 1 percent carbonate nodules and carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05727
    2Bkkb2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard; few (0.5) roots; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 40A05728