IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06CO087488
  • User Pedon ID: 06CO087488
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 06CO087488
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - Wf-1
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 161.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSl
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0186
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18446
  • 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: 40.2650556
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7557500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: located about 425 meters north and 155 meters west from the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 2 miles east of Fort Morgan
  • Map Unit: Wf—Wann fine sandy loam, saline
  • 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 & Andy Steinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 488
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alda
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/2013
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alda
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, superactive, calcareous, mesic Oxyaquic Ustifluvents
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2005
  • Classifier - Jim Borchert & Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 50
  • 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 - rain
  • Current Air Temp - 6
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DISTI

    SPAI

    Distichlis

    Sporobolus airoides

    saltgrass

    alkali sacaton

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—9

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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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    1298.8

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    90

    330

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    154

    9

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    CO3038

    Fort Morgan

    Wets
    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular pores; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—9 to 17 centimeters (3.5 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); 33 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 33 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 33 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, 33 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and 33 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and 33 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; stratified stratified fine sandy loam to loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 4 percent fine irregular salt crystals on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C4—53 to 78 centimeters (20.9 to 30.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.7 um/s; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine and medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 1 percent fine irregular salt crystals on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C5—78 to 98 centimeters (30.7 to 38.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine and medium distinct irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 10 percent fine and medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C6—98 to 117 centimeters (38.6 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face, moist; clay; 25 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 40 percent clay; structureless massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine and medium prominent irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C7—117 to 203 centimeters (46.1 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; coarse sand; 100 percent sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, phenol red.; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small