IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PALMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NM019003
  • User Pedon ID: 95NM019003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0699
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67729
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 34.3620338
  • Std. Longitude: -105.0630341
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet E and 25 feet N of SE corner
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM019—Guadalupe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM019—Guadalupe County, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PALMA
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palma
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustic Calciargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/26/1996
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/26/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05015
    Bt1—8 to 56 centimeters (3.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05016
    Bt2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05017
    Btk—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05018
    Bk1—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05019
    Bk2—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; fragments. Lab sample # 95P05020