IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beckton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003CO087706
  • User Pedon ID: 03CO087008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2003CO087706
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0978
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15419
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 40.1668434
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9205475
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 50W
  • Section: 6
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO087—Morgan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40103-B8—Vallery, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 706
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beckton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: upland flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11.8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    SPAI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Sporobolus airoides

    blue grama

    alkali sacaton

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

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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

    1

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    1383

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    135

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; moderately hard, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—14 to 33 centimeters (5.5 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong medium platy parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 90 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 256638; continuous - phpvsfiid 256638
    Bn1—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike salt crystals on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bn2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent fine threadlike salt crystals on faces of peds and 15 percent medium irregular salt crystals on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04967
    Bkn1—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 2 percent fine irregular salt crystals on faces of peds and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bkn2—135 to 212 centimeters (53.1 to 83.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; slightly hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals on faces of peds and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, bromthymol blue.