IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haxtun
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063053
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063053
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989CO063053
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61961
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 39.5291672
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6763916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet S and 2500 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Snell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haxtun
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARLA

    BOGR

    STCO

    Arabis laevigata

    Boerhavia gracillima

    Stachys coccinea

    smooth rockcress

    slimstalk spiderling

    scarlet hedgenettle

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

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    1316

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 90P00160
    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00153. common very fine roots
    BA—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00154
    Bt1b—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00155
    Bt2b—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00156. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bkb—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 90P00157. few very fine roots
    C1—147 to 180 centimeters (57.9 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 90P00158
    2C2—180 to 211 centimeters (70.9 to 83.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 90P00159