IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellicott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 10CO087001MJM
  • User Pedon ID: 10CO087001MJM
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 10CO087001MJM
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0478
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28274
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.2006389
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0273333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2,470 feet west and 1,200 feet south from the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: Rv—Riverwash
  • 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: 40104-B1—Wiggins, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andy Steinert, Mike Moore, Chad Remley, Cleveland Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellicott
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2013
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellicott
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/2009
  • Classifier - Mike Moore
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R067BY031CO Sandy Bottomland

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 18
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HELIA3

    OPUNT

    POPUL

    SALIX

    SPCR

    Helianthus

    Opuntia

    Populus

    Salix

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    sunflower

    pricklypear

    cottonwood

    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—32

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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

    1

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    1376

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    270

    330

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    154

    9

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    CO3038

    FORT MORGAN

    WETS
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sand; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.1 um/s; very rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01946; observed in trench
    AC—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01947; observed in trench
    C1—32 to 76 centimeters (12.6 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01948; observed in trench
    C2—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01949; observed in trench
    C3—112 to 200 centimeters (44.1 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; coarse sand; 1 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N01950; observed in trench