IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003CO087-007
  • User Pedon ID: 03CO087007
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - Pa-4
  • Transect Stop Number - 11
  • Transect Interval - 160.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0696
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15858
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.4941406
  • Std. Longitude: -104.1366272
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 60W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, NW1/4, NE1/4
  • Map Unit: Pa—Platner sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO087—Morgan
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40104-D2—Greasewood Lake, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andy Steinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Platner
  • PSC - 20 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Platner
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 100
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

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    C1

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    52

    88

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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

    Ap

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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 %

    Ap

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

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    20—38

    38—88

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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

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    CO3038

    Fort Morgan

    Wets
    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03365; observed in pit, small
    BA—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03366; observed in pit, small
    Bt—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 medium vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03367; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 247288; continuous - phpvsfiid 247288
    Bk1—38 to 52 centimeters (15.0 to 20.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 medium vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 25 percent carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03368; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—52 to 88 centimeters (20.5 to 34.6 inches); 35 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) broken face and 65 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 medium vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 40 percent carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03369; observed in pit, small
    C1—88 to 134 centimeters (34.6 to 52.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03370; observed in pit, small
    C2—134 to 200 centimeters (52.8 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, moist; coarse sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 03N03371; observed in pit, small