IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reagan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1966NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0797
  • 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: 32.4751282
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7105713
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, 75 feet south of section line
  • 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: Fine, smectitic, thermic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Reagan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reagan
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: basin floor
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1966 (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

    PLMU3

    PLMU3

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Pleuraphis mutica

    tobosagrass

    tobosagrass

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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

    1

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    1312

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    270

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine platy parts to moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05976
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05977
    B21—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05978
    B22ca—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05979
    B23ca—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05980
    B21cab—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05981
    B22cab—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05982
    K2b—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05983
    C1cab—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05984
    C2cab—168 to 185 centimeters (66.1 to 72.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05985
    C3b—185 to 208 centimeters (72.8 to 81.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05986
    2C4b—208 to 300 centimeters (81.9 to 118.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05987. 40A05988; split for sampling, 82-102, 102-118
    2C5b—300 to 325 centimeters (118.1 to 128.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to weak coarse platy structure; hard; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05989
    3C6b—325 to 348 centimeters (128.0 to 137.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to weak coarse platy structure; hard; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05990
    3B2cab2—348 to 363 centimeters (137.0 to 142.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate threads and 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05991
    3K21b2—363 to 373 centimeters (142.9 to 146.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A05992
    3K22b2—373 to 396 centimeters (146.9 to 155.9 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak platy structure; hard; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05993
    3K23b2—396 to 437 centimeters (155.9 to 172.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; silty clay loam; hard; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05994. removed with a bucket auger
    3C1cacsb—437 to 457 centimeters (172.0 to 179.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay loam; hard; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05995. removed with a bucket auger
    3C2csb2—457 to 518 centimeters (179.9 to 203.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; hard; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05996. removed with a bucket auger; with depth, the gypsum grades into crystalline gypsum then into mixed rounded gravels at about 594 cm