IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO063136
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO063136
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0529
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60647
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.2047234
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5036087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 feet W of Road center (post marked w/ flags) 1000 feet N of SE corner 2-10-46. Post on E edge of Rd.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 136
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (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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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02687. many very fine and fine roots
    1Bt1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; strong fine prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02688. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bt2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; strong fine prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots
    1Ck—61 to 142 centimeters (24.0 to 55.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. very few very fine roots
    2Ck—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); clay loam; massive; fragments. Weathered Ogalalla.