LOCATION YIPPIN NMInactive Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Haplocalcids
TYPICAL PEDON: Yippin loamy sand - rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 2 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/3) crushed, loamy sand, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky and weak fine granular structure; loose; nonsticky and nonplastic; few fine roots throughout; very slightly effervescent by HCl, 1 normal; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter 1:1 water; diffuse smooth boundary. (1 to 4 inches thick)
Bw1--2 to 5 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, loamy sand, brown (7.5YR 4/3) moist; 6 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; nonsticky and nonplastic; few fine roots throughout; few fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 0.1- to 3-inch mixed igneous gravel; very slightly effervescent by HCl, 1N; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter 1:1 water; gradual smooth boundary. (1 to 4 inches thick)
Bw2--5 to 15 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; 10 percent clay, weak coarse and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; nonsticky and nonplastic; common fine roots throughout, few fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; 5 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 0.1- to 3-inch mixed igneous gravel; strongly effervescent by HCl, 1 normal; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter 1:1 water; gradual smooth boundary. (8 to 12 inches thick)
Bk1--15 to 31 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, sandy loam, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; 14 percent clay; weak coarse and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine roots throughout; few fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent medium irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; 10 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 0.1- to 3-inch mixed igneous gravel; violently effervescent by HCl 1 normal; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter 1:1 water; gradual smooth boundary. (12 to 18 inches)
Bk2--31 to 45 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, sandy loam, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; 18 percent clay, weak coarse and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout, few fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; 10 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 0.1- to 3-inch mixed igneous gravel; violently effervescent by HCl, 1 normal; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter 1:1 water; diffuse smooth boundary. (7 to 22 inches thick)
C--45 to 80 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, sandy loam, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, moist; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable; slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout; few fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 0.1- to 3-inch mixed igneous gravel; violently effervescent by HCl 1 normal; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter 1:1 water.
TYPE LOCATION: Dona Ana County, New Mexico; approximately 1.1 miles west and 20.3 miles south of White Sands, 130 feet west and 60 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 35, T. 25 S., R. 4 E. USGS Anthony topographic quadrangle; latitude 32 degrees, 04 minutes, 56.37 seconds north longitude 106 degrees 30 minutes, 00.37 seconds west. UTM zone 13S, 358424E, 3550391N; NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: Typic aridic soil moisture regime. The moisture control section is usually dry in all parts more than three-fourths of the time that the soil temperature exceeds 41 degrees F.
Mean annual soil temperature: 63 to 67 degrees F.
Depth to calcic horizon: 10 to 20 inches
Particle-size control section (weighted average):
Clay content: 10 to 18 percent
Coarse fragment content: 0 to 15 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline
A horizon:
Hue: 5YR to 10YR
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma: 3 or 4, dry or moist
Coarse fragments: 0 to 5 percent mixed igneous gravel
Bw horizon:
Hue: 5YR to 10YR
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 3 or 4 moist
Chroma: 3 or 4, dry or moist
Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam or loamy sand
Coarse fragments: 5 to 10 percent mixed igneous gravel
Bk horizons:
Hue: 5YR to 10YR
Value: 6 or 7 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 4 to 6, dry or moist
Texture: fine sandy loam or sandy loam
Coarse fragments: 5 to 10 percent mixed igneous gravel
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 10 percent (less than 2-mm fraction)
C horizon:
Hue: 5YR to 10YR
Value: 6 or 7 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 4 to 6, dry or moist
Texture: fine sandy loam or sandy loam
Coarse fragments: 5 to 10 percent mixed igneous gravel
COMPETING SERIES: These are the,
Agust (TX),
Algerita (NM),
Cronese (CA),
Grapevine (NV),
Guijarral,
Nikey (UT),
Rillino (AZ), and
Whitlock (AZ) series.
Agust soils contain 15 to 35 percent rock fragments in the particle size control section
Algerita soils contains less than 40 percent calcium carbonates and have sandy clay loam textures in the particle-size control section.
Grapevine soils have calcic horizon at depth less than 10 inches, 15 to 40 percent calcium carbonates content.and less than 15 percent rock fragment in the particle size control section.
Guijarral soils contains 3 to 15 percent clay in the particle size control section, 2.5Y hue and the soil is located in the 6 to 8 inch precipitation zone.
Nikey soils have 15 to 35 percent coarse fragments in the particle size control section.
Cronese soils have durinodes in the particle size control section and contains 5 to 30 percent rock fragment in the particle size control section.
Rillino soils contain 15 to 35 percent rock fragments in the particle size control section. .
Whitlock soils do not have cambic horizons and contains 15 to 30 percent calcium carbonates in the particle size control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: Alluvium from mixed igneous sources
Landform: Erosional remnants on fan piedmonts
Slope: 2 to 5 percent
Mean annual temperature: 62 to 66 degrees F
Mean annual precipitation: 8 to 10 inches
Precipitation pattern: Precipitation falls mostly during the months of July through September. The driest months are March and April. Precipitation during the months of January, February, and March is less than 13 percent of the total.
Frost-free period: 200 to 240 days
Elevation: 3,900 to 4,200 feet
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Piquin and
Reyab soils.
Piquin soils have greater than 15 percent carbonates in the series control section and are on erosional remnants.
Reyab soils do not have calcic horizons and are on inset fans of fan piedmonts.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Permeability is moderately rapid. Runoff is very low.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used for livestock grazing. Vegetation is of the desert shrub type consisting of mesquite, creosote, desert zinnia, and soaptree yucca.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Trans-Pecos of Texas and southern New Mexico; LRR D, MLRA 42. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Phoenix, Arizona.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Dona Ana County, New Mexico; 1999.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle-size control section: The zone from 10 to 40 inches. (Bw1, Bw2, Bk1 and Bk2 horizons)
Ochric epipedon: The zone from 0 to 2 inches. (A, Bw1, and Bw2 horizons)
Cambic horizon: The zone from 2 to 15 inches. (Bw1 and
Bw2 horizons)
Calcic horizon: The zone from 15 to 45 inches. (Bk1 and Bk2 horizons)
The assignment of the cation-exchange activity class is inferred from lab data from similar soils in the surrounding area.