IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FIRSTVIEW
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CO017001
  • User Pedon ID: 84CO017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0441
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54685
  • 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: 38.7691650
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7050018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet north and 40 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO017—Cheyenne
  • MLRA: 67—Central High Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO017—Cheyenne County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FIRSTVIEW
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Firstview
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Haplustollic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed sandy materials deposited over clayey alluvium
  • Landform: fans, valley bottoms and terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    E1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02377
    E2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02378
    Btkn—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02379
    Btnz1—41 to 68 centimeters (16.1 to 26.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02380
    2Btnz2—68 to 101 centimeters (26.8 to 39.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02381
    Btnz3—101 to 147 centimeters (39.8 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, cresol red; clear wavy boundary.
    Cnz—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, cresol red.