IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PAJARITO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NM013009
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NM013009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NM013009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0769
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 32.4873505
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9155731
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: approximately 0.4 mile northeast of feet Selden ruins.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PAJARITO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pajarito
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1961 (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

    GUTIE

    Gutierrezia

    snakeweed

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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

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    1220

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05720
    A3ca—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05721
    B1ca—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05722
    B21ca—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads and 5 percent medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 5 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05723
    B22ca—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent medium pink (7.5YR 8/4) carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/4) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05724
    B3ca—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent medium pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules and 1 percent medium light brown (7.5YR 6/3) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05725
    C—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05726
    2K1b—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05727
    2K2b—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05728