IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNIVERSITY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NM013010
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NM013010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959NM013010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0774
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 32.2923546
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7077942
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet W of power line, SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM690—Dona Ana County Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.H. Gile and R.B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, thermic Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - UNIVERSITY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluepoint
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PROSO

    Prosopis

    mesquite

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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

    6

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    1266

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    0

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; single grain parts to massive; loose, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05771
    B—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05772
    C1ca—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05773
    C2ca—64 to 114 centimeters (25.2 to 44.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sand; massive; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05774
    C3—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sand; massive; soft; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05775. not sampled