IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Satanta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063267
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063267
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0565
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61667
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 39.0227776
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3869476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kit Carson County, Colorado
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Moore and James W. Borchert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 267
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Satanta
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Satanta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1989 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    1314

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    90

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03105. common very fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03106. common very fine roots
    Bt2—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03106. common very fine roots
    Btk—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk1—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk2—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Ck1—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Ck2—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Ck3—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous