IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wapiti
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06CO628012
  • User Pedon ID: 06CO628012
  • User Site Association ID: lan628-2006.4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0661
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17813
  • 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: 37.2775000
  • Std. Longitude: -104.3277778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 S.
  • Range: 62 W.
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet west 150 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: FcB—Wapiti clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37104-C3—Earl, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcidic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wapiti
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcidic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 38 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or eolian deposits derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11663-42
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Btk

    Bk1

    2Bk2

    2Bk3

    0

    74

    98

    115

    145

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap1

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    2Bk2

    2Bk3

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap1

    Btk

    Bk1

    2Bk2

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    0

    74

    98

    115

    145

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—37

    37—98

    98—145

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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

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Ap2—12 to 37 centimeters (4.7 to 14.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;
    Bt—37 to 74 centimeters (14.6 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 42 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Btk—74 to 98 centimeters (29.1 to 38.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine and medium distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bk1—98 to 115 centimeters (38.6 to 45.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent faint clay bridges on all faces of peds; 9 percent medium distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;
    2Bk2—115 to 145 centimeters (45.3 to 57.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 35 percent medium and coarse distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-8-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    2Bk3—145 to 194 centimeters (57.1 to 76.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent medium and coarse distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, phenol red.; dry when described;