IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CO121001
  • User Pedon ID: 81CO121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0581
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49425
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.1480560
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1244431
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 51W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Washington County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO121—Washington
  • MLRA: 67—Central High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Norka
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Torrif
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loam; massive; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03448. Common pockets of partially deomposed organic residue.; few fine roots
    1B21t—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03449. Few wormcasts filled with calcareous material.; many fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 229156; continuous - phpvsfiid 229156
    1C1ca—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03450. Massive with vertical cleavage planes.; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR54 mottles
    1C2ca—71 to 191 centimeters (28.0 to 75.2 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03451. Sample 4a is 81P3452.; few fine lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR54 mottles
    2B21tca—191 to 221 centimeters (75.2 to 87.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P03453. Few coarse fragments less than 1 cm in diameter.; many fine lime concretions concentrations; patchy - phpvsfiid 229157; patchy - phpvsfiid 229157
    2B22tca—221 to 254 centimeters (87.0 to 100.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P03454. Few coarse fragments less than 1 cm in diameter.; many fine lime concretions concentrations; patchy - phpvsfiid 229158; patchy - phpvsfiid 229158