National Wind Erosion Research Network
Status
Active
Location
The Lordsburg Playa Network site is located 20 km southwest of Lordsburg, New Mexico, on a dry lakebed. The site lies in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, approximately 8 km east of the Peloncillo Mountain range, 13 km west of the Pyramid Mountains, and north of Interstate 10, at an elevation of 1267 m above sea level.
Vegetation and soil
Vegetation at the Lordsburg Playa site is extremely sparse. A few individual alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.) plants occur within the exclosure, with little else.
Management
Rangeland, grazed by cattle. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) District Office in Las Cruces, New Mexico manages grazing at this site.
Site Contact
Data
Click here to access the Campbell met data.
Click here to access the Soil Moisture data.
