IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NM013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NM013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969NM013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0810
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 61 ft north of 69013001.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Gile and R. B. Grossman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: playa sediments of mixed origin
  • Landform: playa
  • Geology: Pleistocene formation of the Upper Santa Fe group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1969 (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

    PLMU3

    SCBR2

    Gutierrezia

    Pleuraphis mutica

    Scleropogon brevifolius

    snakeweed

    tobosagrass

    burrograss

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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
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    1417

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; soft; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A06133. Original sample number: 69L1101
    B21—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06134. Original sample number: 69L1102
    B21—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06135. Original sample number: 69L1103
    B22—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06136. Original sample number: 69L1104
    B23—60 to 88 centimeters (23.6 to 34.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06137. Original sample number: 69L1105
    Bac24—88 to 122 centimeters (34.6 to 48.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/4) mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06138. Original sample number: 69L1106
    Bac25—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard; 10 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06139. Original sample number: 69L1107
    Bac26—168 to 224 centimeters (66.1 to 88.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic structure; hard; 10 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06140. Original sample number: 69L1108
    Batcb21—224 to 268 centimeters (88.2 to 105.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard; manganese coatings around rock fragments; 10 percent carbonate nodules and 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses; very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06141. Original sample number: 69L1109
    2Batcb22—268 to 289 centimeters (105.5 to 113.8 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; hard; carbonate coats on rock fragments; manganese coatings around rock fragments and 10 percent threadlike manganese masses; 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06142. Original sample number: 69L1110
    3Batcb21—289 to 305 centimeters (113.8 to 120.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; firm; 10 percent manganese coatings; 10 percent indurated cemented carbonate nodules and 10 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06143. Original sample number: 69L1111
    3Batcb22—305 to 318 centimeters (120.1 to 125.2 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; firm; spherical manganese masses and manganese coatings and manganese coatings on faces of peds; 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 10 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A06144. Original sample number: 69L1112
    3Cac2—318 to 356 centimeters (125.2 to 140.2 inches); cemented material; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06145. Original lab sample number is 69L1113.
    3Cac2—318 to 356 centimeters (125.2 to 140.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; cemented material; weak subangular blocky, and massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A06146. Original lab sample number is 69L1114.