IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haxtun
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063053A
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063053A
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0564
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61666
  • 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: 39.5291672
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6763916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet S and 30 feet E of the N 1/4 of corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Snell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haxtun
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haxtun
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1989 (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
    • 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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    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 and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03103. common very fine and fine roots
    BA1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    BA2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt1b—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03104. common very fine roots
    Bt2b—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03104. common very fine roots
    Bt3b—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03104. few very fine roots
    BC—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few very fine roots
    C—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. few very fine roots