IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluepoint
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NM015009
  • User Pedon ID: 88NM015009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60920
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 32.4577789
  • Std. Longitude: -104.1508331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: 4.5 mi E of Carlsbad Lake Dam.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM015—Eddy

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluepoint
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pajarita
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04219. few very fine roots
    1Bw—8 to 43 centimeters (3.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04220. common very fine and fine roots; common coarse roots
    1Bk—43 to 152 centimeters (16.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04221. common very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots