IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ascalon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 59CO087009
  • User Pedon ID: 59CO087009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 59CO087009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39547
  • 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: 40.5094452
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8550034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 58W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet north and 1,350 feet east, west quarter corner
  • Location Description: Morgan County, Colorado.
  • Map Unit: AuD—Ascalon sandy loam, 5 to 9 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-E7—Raymer, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clayton F. Spears
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ascalon
  • PSC - 18 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/2013
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Platner
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1959
  • Classifier - Clayton F. Spears
  • 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: Tertiary outwash
  • Landscape: upland
  • Ksat Class Upper: very high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: YE-1F-48
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    OPPO

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Opuntia polyacantha

    blue grama

    plains pricklypear

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—51

    18—58

    58—69

    —51—

    —40—

    —11—
    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

    2

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    1448

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    135

    356

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    146

    8.9

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak and moderate medium granular parts to weak and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29862
    A2—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29863
    Bt1—18 to 22 centimeters (7.1 to 8.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; clay films on vertical faces of peds and gray (10YR 6/1), dry, coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29864. Bleached sand and silt particles; this graying is most evident when dry.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1222553; patchy - phpvsfiid 1222553
    Bt2—22 to 36 centimeters (8.7 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate and strong fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; Ksat of 1.41 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29865. continuous - phpvsfiid 1222555; continuous - phpvsfiid 1222555
    Bt3—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; Ksat of 1.41 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29866. continuous - phpvsfiid 1222551; continuous - phpvsfiid 1222551
    Bt4—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 1.41 um/s; moderately slow permeability; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29867. patchy - phpvsfiid 1222552; patchy - phpvsfiid 1222552
    Bk—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29868
    C1—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; hard, firm; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29869. A moderate horizon of lime accumulation.
    C2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29870
    C3—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29871
    C4—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29872
    C5—163 to 188 centimeters (64.2 to 74.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29873
    C6—188 to 213 centimeters (74.0 to 83.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29874
    C7—213 to 229 centimeters (83.9 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29875
    C8—229 to 241 centimeters (90.2 to 94.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist; coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29876
    C9—241 to 267 centimeters (94.9 to 105.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29877