IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cave
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960NM013010
  • User Pedon ID: S1960NM013010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960NM013010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0777
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 32.3034668
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6766815
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: In the SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: north bank of arroyo, 700 feet E of pipeline, 800 feet N of Dripping Springs Road.
  • 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: Loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Calcic Petrocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cave
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Simona
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/1960 (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

    KRAME

    Krameria

    ratany

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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

    2

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    1357

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    Aca—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05794
    Bca—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine parts to massive; soft; 0.5 roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05795
    K21m—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; extremely hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05796
    K22m—23 to 74 centimeters (9.1 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; Error; massive; very hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05797. 40A05798; split for sampling
    K3—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand, very gravelly sandy loam; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05799
    Cca—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; loose; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05800