IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beckton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80CO628000
  • User Pedon ID: 80CO628000
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80CO628000
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 67bTCO628235-AV
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 1,500.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0217
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60340
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 37.3957778
  • Std. Longitude: -104.4859444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30 S.
  • Range: 63 W.
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 800 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 500 feet west and 800 feet south of the northeast corner of section 31, T.31S., R.63W.
  • Map Unit: AV—Aguilar-Beckton complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37104-D4—Vega Corral, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 336
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beckton
  • PSC - 8 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beckton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from interbedded sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Position: depression on a slope
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20J
  • Plant Association Name: Salt Flat
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Btn1

    Btn2

    Btny

    BCny

    8

    33

    58

    91

    33

    58

    91

    132

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Btn1

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    Btny

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    8

    33

    58

    91

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHRYS9

    PASM

    PASM

    SARCO

    SPAI

    Chrysothamnus

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    rabbitbrush

    western wheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

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

    mollic epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—58

    8—91

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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

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    356

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Btn1—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 44 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine irregular salt masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 111077; continuous - phpvsfiid 111077
    Btn2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; 41 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine and medium irregular salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 111078; continuous - phpvsfiid 111078
    Btny—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silty clay; 43 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine and medium irregular salt masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 111079; continuous - phpvsfiid 111079
    BCny—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine and medium irregular salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bky1—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 8 percent fine and medium irregular salt masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    2Bky2—150 to 198 centimeters (59.1 to 78.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; sandy loam; 18 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Texture is stratified sandy loam and sandy clay loam.