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:
11/23/2024
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
1
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403
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180
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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