IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltworks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007CO093002
  • User Pedon ID: 07CO093002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007CO093002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19705
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 38.9958344
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8688889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 23
  • Location Description: about 6 km (4 miles) southwest of Hartsel
  • Map Unit: 95—Saltworks-Water-Hartsel complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO093—Park
  • MLRA: 48B—Southern Rocky Mountain Parks and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO638—Teller-Park Area, Colorado, Parts of Park and Teller Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Laura Craven
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Aeric Halaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltworks
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltworks
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: playa on basin floor
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 61-8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Az

    Bknz

    Bknzg

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    15

    56

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    56

    152

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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

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    Bknzg

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    56

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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 %

    Az

    Bknz

    Bknzg

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    56

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DISP

    Distichlis spicata

    saltgrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    salt accumulations

    endosaturation

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    volcanic glass

    0—15

    0—152

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    56—152

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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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    Az—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent carbonate masses and 5 percent salt masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00359
    Bknz—15 to 56 centimeters (5.9 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; clay loam; 39 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent salt masses and 15 percent carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00360. This horizon sometimes has strata of sandy clay (10YR 4/4 moist) from less than one inch thick to 13 inches thick. Only one strata is present.
    Bknzg—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 4/3), dry; clay; 54 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent olive (5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 70 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, reduced matrix; 10 percent salt masses; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # 08N00361