IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heldt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO039005
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0770
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60888
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO039—Elbert

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Petersen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04056
    1B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    1Bw—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04057
    1Bk—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Thin horizontal seams of CO3 in this horizon, predominant portion of matrix does not react to HCl.
    1C1—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.
    1C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 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.