IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellicott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04CO628026
  • User Pedon ID: 04CO628026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04CO628026
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 67bTCO628231-EL
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17808
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 37.2401944
  • Std. Longitude: -104.4165000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 S.
  • Range: 63 W.
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2400' W 2300' N of SE corner
  • Location Description: 2400' W 2300' N of SE corner section 23, T. 32 S., R. 63 W.
  • Map Unit: EL—Ellicott-Las Animas complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 67—Central High Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PUE—Pueblo, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37104-B4—Trinidad East, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PDA
  • Pedon #: 932
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellicott
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellicott
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21-F
  • Plant Association Name: Sandy Bottomland
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHNA2

    ELTRT

    OPPO

    PASM

    POA

    PODEM

    SAEX

    SPCR

    Chrysothamnus nauseosus

    Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa

    Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera

    Salix exigua

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

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    slender wheatgrass

    plains pricklypear

    western wheatgrass

    bluegrass

    plains cottonwood

    narrowleaf willow

    sand dropseed

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—18

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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

    0.5

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    1759

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    340

    381

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    130

    11

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    10

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AC—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    C1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; stratified loamy coarse sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 12 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-35-73 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    C2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); variegated 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stratified loamy fine sand, very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    C3—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    C4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; stratified stratified very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 25 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 6-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red.; moist when described;