IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellicott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03CO087010
  • User Pedon ID: 03CO087010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 03CO087010
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - Bk-3
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 161.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17017
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.2613056
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9695833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2,156 feet west and 177 feet south from the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: Bk—Ellicott-Glenberg complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO087—Morgan
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40103-C8—Weldona, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Borchert, Andy Steinert, Chad Remley, Cleveland Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 680
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellicott
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2013
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bankard
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2003
  • Classifier - Jim Borchert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in apr
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R067BY031CO Sandy Bottomland

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CALO

    CRTE4

    POA

    POPUL

    SPCR

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Croton texensis

    Poa

    Populus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    prairie sandreed

    Texas croton

    bluegrass

    cottonwood

    sand dropseed

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—16

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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

    0

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    1350.6

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    180

    330

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    154

    9

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    CO3038

    Fort Morgan

    Wets
    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02051; observed in pit, small
    AC—16 to 30 centimeters (6.3 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; loamy sand; 3 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02052; observed in pit, small
    C1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02053; observed in pit, small
    C2—48 to 77 centimeters (18.9 to 30.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; coarse sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02054; observed in pit, small
    C3—77 to 86 centimeters (30.3 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; coarse sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02055; observed in pit, small
    C4—86 to 111 centimeters (33.9 to 43.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; coarse sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02056; observed in pit, small
    C5—111 to 122 centimeters (43.7 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02057; observed in pit, small
    C6—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, moist; coarse sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02058; observed in pit, small
    2Bssb—147 to 164 centimeters (57.9 to 64.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; strong coarse wedge structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.92 um/s; slow permeability; common (4.0) very fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on top faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red. Lab sample # 02N02059; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 351005; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 351005