IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04CO0871329
  • User Pedon ID: 04CO0871329
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0552
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15947
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.2667778
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7821944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1,978 feet north and 2,756 feet east from the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: Ba—Bankard sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently 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-C7—Fort Morgan, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Borchert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1329
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alda
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2013
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxyaquic Haplustolls
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2003
  • Classifier - Jim Borchert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: very high
  • Ksat Class Lower: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—48

    —48—
    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

    —

    —

    1295.4

    —

    68

    330

    —

    154

    9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    CO3038

    Fort Morgan

    Wets
    Ap1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red. Lab sample # 04N03105; observed in push tube
    Ap2—6 to 28 centimeters (2.4 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 04N03105; observed in push tube
    Bz—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; fine sand; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 2 percent fine threadlike salt crystals on faces of peds and 3 percent fine irregular salt crystals on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red.; observed in push tube
    C1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 5 percent distinct masses of oxidized iron; salt, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red.; observed in push tube
    C2—71 to 85 centimeters (28.0 to 33.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) 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 distinct masses of oxidized iron; salt, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red.; observed in push tube
    C3—85 to 125 centimeters (33.5 to 49.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; fine sand; 2 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; salt, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red.; observed in push tube
    C4—125 to 134 centimeters (49.2 to 52.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; salt, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red.; observed in push tube
    C5—134 to 176 centimeters (52.8 to 69.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; stratified stratified gravelly coarse sand to sand; 1 percent clay; structureless massive, and structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red.; observed in push tube