IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO063158
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO063158
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0531
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60649
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.3636093
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9105530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2550 feet S and 75 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 158
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Platner
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1988 (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
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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02691. 2% gravel.; common very fine roots
    1Bt1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02692. 2% gravel.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    1Bt2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; sandy clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1BC—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    1Bk—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.
    1Ck1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 10% gravel.
    1Ck2—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; coarse sandy loam; massive, and structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. 10% gravel.