IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wetherill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980CO083001
  • User Pedon ID: 80CO083001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48148
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 37.5038872
  • Std. Longitude: -108.8894424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet E and 620 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO083—Montezuma

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bowman, Price and Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wetherill
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Witt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    4

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    1952

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    90

    33

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    1A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01952
    1A12—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dry; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01953
    1B1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 roots; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01954. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common roots
    1B21tca—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky; 2.5 roots; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01955. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common roots
    1B22tca—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01956. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few roots
    1B23tca—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky; 0.5 roots; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P01957. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few roots
    1C1ca—122 to 180 centimeters (48.0 to 70.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01958
    1C2ca—180 to 208 centimeters (70.9 to 81.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior, dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01959