IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CANUTIO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NM013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NM013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0754
  • 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: 32.4140205
  • Std. Longitude: -106.8225174
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Unsectioned area about two miles north-northwest of Dona Ana, and about 0.2 mile east of Interstate 25.
  • 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-skeletal, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - CANUTIO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canutio
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    3

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    ; fragments.
    A21—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; single grain parts to weak thin platy; soft; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05600. sampled away from pit face
    A22—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05601
    B2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to subangular blocky; slightly hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05602
    2B3ca—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05603
    2C1ca—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05604
    3C2ca—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05605. horizon sampled for radiocarbon dating is the lateral equivalent of this horizon; sampled about 5 feet west in the trench; coarser gravel than where described
    3C3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); Error; single grain parts to massive; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05606. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178624
    4C4—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A05607