IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beckton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003CO087795
  • User Pedon ID: 03CO087011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2003CO087795
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - Hx-3
  • Transect Stop Number - 7
  • Transect Interval - 161.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0341
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17015
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 40.4801941
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6980820
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 705 feet north and 823 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: S1/2, SE1/4, SE1/4
  • Map Unit: Hx—Heldt-Koen complex
  • 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: 40103-D6—Dead Horse Springs, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andy Steinert, Jim Borchert, Chad Remley, Cleveland Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beckton
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/7/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heldt-Koen
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: playa rim
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 103
  • 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 - 7
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGROP2

    SPAI

    Agropyron

    Sporobolus airoides

    wheatgrass

    alkali sacaton

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    natric

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    33 - 63

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—47

    10—63

    10—63

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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

    2

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    1399.3

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    0

    330

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    154

    9

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    CO3038

    Fort Morgan

    Wets
    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02034; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02035; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 254537; patchy - phpvsfiid 254537
    Bt2—33 to 47 centimeters (13.0 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.92 um/s; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02036; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 254538; continuous - phpvsfiid 254538
    Btn—47 to 63 centimeters (18.5 to 24.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; 47 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.92 um/s; slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium threadlike salt crystals on faces of peds and 1 percent fine and medium irregular salt crystals on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02037; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 254539; continuous - phpvsfiid 254539
    Bn1—63 to 86 centimeters (24.8 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse columnar parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.92 um/s; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine threadlike salt crystals on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02038; observed in pit, small
    Bn2—86 to 142 centimeters (33.9 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.92 um/s; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine threadlike salt, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02039; observed in pit, small
    C1—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 37 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 7.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02040; observed in pit, small
    C2—175 to 191 centimeters (68.9 to 75.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.92 um/s; slow permeability; 7.0 very fine tubular pores; 7 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 04N02041; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 254540; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 254540