IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARIZO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0765
  • 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: 32.2945786
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6339035
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 100 yards S of Soledad Canyon road, N bank of arroyo.
  • 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 F.F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARIZO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arizo
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/12/1960 (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

    BOER4

    BOER4

    DAPU7

    EPVI

    EPVI

    GUTIE

    OPHU

    OPUNT

    PROSO

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Dasyochloa pulchella

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Gutierrezia

    Opuntia humifusa

    Opuntia

    Prosopis

    black grama

    black grama

    low woollygrass

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    snakeweed

    devil's-tongue

    pricklypear

    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

    4

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    1449

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    270

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; soft; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05693
    B2—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, loose; 3.0 fine roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05694. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178568
    C1ca—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly coarse sand, very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05695. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178569; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178569
    C2ca—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft; 21.0 fine roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05696. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178572; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178572
    C—102 to 118 centimeters (40.2 to 46.5 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; soft; 0.5 roots; coats on rock fragments and carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05697. not sampled; patchy - phpvsfiid 178573; patchy - phpvsfiid 178573