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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 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
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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