IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Acacio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983CO003001
  • User Pedon ID: 83CO003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53897
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.3855782
  • Std. Longitude: -105.9528046
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 3120 feet W and 36 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO003—Alamosa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Priest, B. McCullough, J. Yenter, M. Walthall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Acacio
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acacio
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1983
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1983 (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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    1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01049
    1Bt—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01050
    1Btz—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01051. Numerous fine salt spots.
    1Bk—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01052. common lime concretions concentrations
    1Bky—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P01053. Divided for sampling.; common iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many masses of gypsum concentrations
    1Bky—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions and 30 percent gypsum masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01054. Divided for sampling.; common lime concretions concentrations; many masses of gypsum concentrations
    1Cy—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent gypsum masses and 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P01055. Divided for sampling.; common masses of gypsum concentrations; few lime concretions concentrations
    1Cy—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P01056. Divided for sampling.; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles