IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Obadia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CO081003
  • User Pedon ID: 86CO081003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0556
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58361
  • 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: 40.5950012
  • Std. Longitude: -107.5194473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 90W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 2000 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Borollic Natrargids
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Obadia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Absher
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Borollic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    4

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    1E—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary.
    1Bt1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay; 50 percent clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03210. Sand film areas 5% (10YR 7/2).
    1Bt2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03210
    1Bt3—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay; 50 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    1Bw—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03211
    1Bkn—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior, pale yellow (5Y 7/3) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 10 percent carbonates (10YR 8/1).
    1Ckn—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03212. 5 percent carbonates (10YR 8/1).
    1Ck—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior, pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. 3 percent carbonates (10YR 8/1). 10% gravel.