The driest months are March and April. Precipitation during the months of January, February, and March is less than 13 percent of the totals. This is the Delnorte series. Delnorte soils have a petrocalcic horizon with its upper boundary within 20 inches of the surface. Runoff is very low on slopes of 1 to 5 percent, low on slopes of 5 to 20 percent, and medium on slopes greater than 20 percent.
Permeability is moderately rapid.
Used for livestock grazing and urban development. Rangeland is of low carrying capacity. Vegetation is mostly a sparse cover of creosotebush, fluffgrass, sixweeks grama, lechuguilla, and ocotillo. Series is of moderate extent. The type location was recovered during the mapping of the Fort Bliss soil survey.