IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kandrix
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02CO628004
  • User Pedon ID: 02CO628004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 02CO628004
  • User Site Association ID: lan628-2003.6PuebloSSO_type
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0752
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16198
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 37.3317500
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1858611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31 S.
  • Range: 51 W.
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet east and 2000 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 1750 feet east and 2000 feet south of the northwest corner of section 19, T. 31S., R. 51W.
  • Map Unit: KwC—Kandrix-Wiley complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37103-C2—Andrix, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Calciustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 812
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kandrix
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kandrix
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33-F
  • 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

    Bw

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    Bk4

    0

    15

    36

    67

    107

    130

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    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

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    Bk4

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    15

    36

    67

    107

    130

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    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 %

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARLOG

    BOCU

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    OPPO

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Aristida longispica var. geniculata

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    slimspike threeawn

    sideoats grama

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    plains pricklypear

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—15

    15—36

    36—130

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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

    3

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    381

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    145

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 11.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bw—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bk1—36 to 67 centimeters (14.2 to 26.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 236780; patchy - phpvsfiid 236780
    Bk2—67 to 107 centimeters (26.4 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bk3—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bk4—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.; dry when described;