IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aridic Haplustolls
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 08CO087002
  • User Pedon ID: 08CO087002
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - BtA-1
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 161.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0093
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19535
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 40.2003889
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8065278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1224' east and 1020' south from the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: BtA—Bresser clay loam, terrace, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • 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-B7—Lamb, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andy Steinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 843
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aridic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 38 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2013
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bresser
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/2007
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 69
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—71

    —38—

    —33—
    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

    0.7

    —

    —

    1330.1

    —

    90

    330

    —

    154

    9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    CO3038

    Fort Morgan

    Wets
    Ap1—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular salt masses on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Ap2—17 to 38 centimeters (6.7 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 32 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular salt masses on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379327; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 379327
    Bt1—38 to 49 centimeters (15.0 to 19.3 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 379326; continuous - phpvsfiid 379326
    Bt2—49 to 71 centimeters (19.3 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; sandy clay; 50 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 379325; continuous - phpvsfiid 379325
    2C1—71 to 111 centimeters (28.0 to 43.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, moist; loamy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    2C2—111 to 200 centimeters (43.7 to 78.7 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face, moist; loamy coarse sand; 90 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron along lamina or strata surfaces; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue.; observed in trench