IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heldt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO039002
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0767
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60885
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO039—Elbert

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Peterson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heldt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Ustertic Camborthids
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (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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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04050
    1BA—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    1Bw—23 to 76 centimeters (9.1 to 29.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04051
    1Ck—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    1C1—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    2C2—132 to 178 centimeters (52.0 to 70.1 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.