IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Hesperus
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1979CO023001
User Pedon ID:
79CO023001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
79P0364
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
47097
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
37.0097237
Std. Longitude:
-105.5291672
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
1N
Range:
73W
Section:
26
PLSS Details:
37 meters N and 785 meters W of SE corner
State:
Colorado
County:
CO023—Costilla
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argiborolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Hesperus
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
ustic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Hesperus
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed Pachic Argiboroll
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
8/1/1979
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
plains
Landform:
terrace—stream or lake
Drainage Class:
poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
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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810
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0
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1Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate fine platy structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01939
1Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01940
1B21t—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01941
1B22t—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01942
1B3—89 to 118 centimeters (35.0 to 46.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; gravelly clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01943. few fine faint 7.5YR46 mottles
1C1—118 to 132 centimeters (46.5 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01944
2C2—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely gravelly sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 79P01945