IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO063161
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO063161
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0533
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60651
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1413879
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8775024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 130 feet S and 700 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 #: 161
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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
    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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    1A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02695. common very fine roots
    1Bt—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02696. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    1BCk—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 1% gravel. Upper 3 cm has glass patches; few very fine roots
    2Ck1—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 2% gravel. More sand than above and below.; few very fine roots
    2Ck2—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. 2% gravel.
    2Ck3—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; clay loam; massive; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. 5% gravel.