IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Otero
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO063184
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO063184
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0536
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60654
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.4480553
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5124969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet N and 2000 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 184
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Otero
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Ustic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam; single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02701. few very fine roots; few fine and medium roots
    1C1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, moist; loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02702. few very fine roots
    1C—13 to 152 centimeters (5.1 to 59.8 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02702. Run with hydrometer and sample is sandy loam. 74.8% sand, 16.5% silt, 8.7% clay.
    1C2—43 to 152 centimeters (16.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. few very fine roots