IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARMESA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974NM035003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974NM035003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974NM035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44784
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM035—Otero
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM646—Otero Area, New Mexico, Parts of Otero, Eddy and Chaves Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARMESA
  • Classificaton Date - 2/21/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arch
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or eolian deposits
  • Landform: mid slope pediment
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1974 (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

    ARIST

    ATCA2

    BOER4

    BOGR2

    FLCE

    LATR2

    YUCCA

    Aristida

    Atriplex canescens

    Bouteloua eriopoda

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Flourensia cernua

    Larrea tridentata

    Yucca

    threeawn

    fourwing saltbush

    black grama

    blue grama

    American tarwort

    creosote bush

    yucca

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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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    1433

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    180

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    A11—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00162
    A12—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00163
    B21—9 to 22 centimeters (3.5 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00164
    Bc22—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00165
    Cc1—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00166
    Cc2—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00167
    2Cc3—80 to 91 centimeters (31.5 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; massive; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00168
    2C4—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots; gypsum crystals, unspecified on bottom of rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00169
    3C5—135 to 159 centimeters (53.1 to 62.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive, and weak fine granular; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 74C00170