IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Billings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CO077004
  • User Pedon ID: 84CO077004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0546
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54790
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.2738876
  • Std. Longitude: -108.9016647
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 103W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet W and 2310 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO077—Mesa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Billings
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Billings
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Torrif
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1984 (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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    1Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium platy, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02977. many very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1Ap2—14 to 40 centimeters (5.5 to 15.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02978. The structure is interpreted as being caused from tillage operations.; few to common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C1—40 to 55 centimeters (15.7 to 21.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02979. Thin lenses 1/4 to 1/2 cm thick of sandier material were observed when taking undisturbed core samples. These lenses could not be observed on the ped face.; few to common very fine and fine roots
    1C2—55 to 83 centimeters (21.7 to 32.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02980. Thin lenses 1/4 to 1/2 cm thick of sandier material were observed when taking undistrubed core samples. These lenses could not be observed on the ped face.; few to common very fine and fine roots
    1C3—83 to 123 centimeters (32.7 to 48.4 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02981. few very fine and fine roots
    1C4—123 to 147 centimeters (48.4 to 57.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02982. few very fine and fine roots; few fine faint 10YR81 mottles
    1Cy5—147 to 210 centimeters (57.9 to 82.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; 11 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02983. few very fine roots; common fine faint 10YR81 mottles