IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minqwet

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 01CO628003

User Pedon ID: 01CO628003

Vegetation Plot ID: 01CO628003

User Site Association ID: lan628-2003.6PuebloSSO_type

Transect:

User Transect ID - 67bTCO628152-MI

Transect Stop Number - 8

Transect Interval - 500.0

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 03N0753

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16199

Print Date: 11/21/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 37.3800278

Std. Longitude: -103.2397222

Datum: WGS84

Township: 31 S.

Range: 52 W.

Section: 3

PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 1900 feet east of the northwest corner

Location Description: 400 feet south and 1900 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 3, T. 31 S., R. 52 W.

Map Unit: MI—Minqwet-Wiley silt loams, 1 to 4 percent slopes

State: Colorado

County: CO071—Las Animas

MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37103-D2—Buck Canyon, Colorado

PEDON

Describers Name: LAN

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 808

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Minqwet

PSC - 25 to 76 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/12/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Minqwet

Classificaton Date - 10/11/2001

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loess over residuum weathered from limestone and shale

Landscape: plains

Landform: hill

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: weakly coherent moderate weathered limestone and shale at 76cm

Geology: Greenhorn Limestone member of the Niobrara formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/11/2001 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 1-23

Plant Association Name: Loamy

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	Data Collector	Total Clay	CaCO3 Clay	Total Silt	Fine Silt	Co. Silt	Total Sand	Total Sand Method	VC Sand	Co. Sand	Med. Sand	Fine Sand	VF Sand	VF Sand Method	Texture Class - Field Lab	Rubbed Fiber	Unrubbed Fiber	pH H2O
	cm	cm			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
A A Bw1 Bw1 Bw2 Bw2 Bky Bky	0 0 15 15 36 36 53 53	— 15 — 36 — 53 — 76	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	pH CaCl2	pH NaF	pH Ox	Delta pH	LL	PL	PI	Atter. Samp. Cond.	COLE	Pot. Acidity	Ca + Mg - Meh 2	K	Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste	KCl Extract. Acidity	Base Sat. - Meh 2	CEC-7	CEC-8.2
	cm	cm						%	%	%		cm/cm	meq/100g	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg	mmol(+)/l	cmol(+)/kg	%	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg
A A Bw1 Bw1 Bw2 Bw2 Bky Bky	0 0 15 15 36 36 53 53	— 15 — 36 — 53 — 76	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —		— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	ECEC	Phosphate P	NO3-N	EC	EC Method	EC 1:5 by volume	CaCO3 Equiv.	Equiv. Gypsum	Na	SAR	Gypsum Req.	Humic Color	Fulvic Color	Humic + Fulvic Color	Al	PI	Pyro. Hue	PyrO. Value	Pyro. Chroma
	cm	cm		cmol(+)/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	dS/m		dS/m	%	%	mmol(+)/l	%	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	%
A A Bw1 Bw1 Bw2 Bw2 Bky Bky	0 0 15 15 36 36 53 53	— 15 — 36 — 53 — 76	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	22 22 28 28 30 29 38 38	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ARIST BOGR2 GUSA2 PASM SPCR	Aristida Bouteloua gracilis Gutierrezia sarothrae Pascopyrum smithii Sporobolus cryptandrus	threeawn blue grama broom snakeweed western wheatgrass sand dropseed	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	weakly coherent	76 - 123	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon paralithic contact	0—15 15—53 76—123	—- —- —-

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
3	—	—	1629	—	80	381	—	145	11.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary.

Bw1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary.

Bw2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1 percent fine faint irregular carbonate masses throughout; 5 percent by volume flat indurated 3-5-45 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary.

Bky—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified throughout and 2 percent medium spherical carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary.

Cr—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Shale crushes to silt loam texture.