IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heldt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO039003
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0768
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60886
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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 #: 3
  • 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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    45

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04052
    1BA—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    1Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    1Bw2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04053
    1C1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.
    1C2—76 to 124 centimeters (29.9 to 48.8 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    2C3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; loamy sand; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.