IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aguilar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87CO628002
  • User Pedon ID: 87CO628002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 87CO628002
  • User Site Association ID: PuebloSSO_type
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0218
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60341
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 37.4076111
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5549722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30 S.
  • Range: 64 W.
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 400' east and 1400' south of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: AV—Aguilar-Beckton complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37104-D5—The Hogback, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 473
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aguilar
  • PSC - 10 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aguilar
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: sandstone and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 19-K
  • Plant Association Name: Salt Flat
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    Btny

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    BCkny

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    59

    74

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GUTIE

    PASM

    PASM

    SARCO

    SPAI

    Gutierrezia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    snakeweed

    western wheatgrass

    western wheatgrass

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    10—36

    10—74

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    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

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    E—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 7.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Btn1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 17 percent sand; 49 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 7.0 roots; 45 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 110750; continuous - phpvsfiid 110750
    Btn2—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 16 percent sand; 47 percent clay; moderate coarse columnar parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 7.0 roots; 40 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 238097; continuous - phpvsfiid 238097
    Btny—35 to 59 centimeters (13.8 to 23.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay; 22 percent sand; 41 percent clay; moderate medium columnar parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 0.5 roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 110751; continuous - phpvsfiid 110751
    Btkny—59 to 74 centimeters (23.2 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 26 percent sand; 35 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 roots; 25 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent coarse threadlike carbonate threads and 25 percent coarse spherical salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 238098; patchy - phpvsfiid 238098
    BCkny—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 18 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent medium threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. C horizon split for sampling
    Bny—114 to 153 centimeters (44.9 to 60.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 17 percent sand; 39 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent medium threadlike carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. C horizon split for sampling