IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heldt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO039004
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO039004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0769
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60887
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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 #: 4
  • 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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    90

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    1Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04054
    1BA—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    1Bw—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04055
    1Bk—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Evidence in extremely thin horizontal seams of CaCO3 accumulation, general matrix of horizon did not react to HCl.
    1C1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.
    1C2—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    2C3—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.