IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063268
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063268
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61962
  • 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: 39.1133347
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1213913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet E and 1950 feet S of NW 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James W. Borchert and Dennis Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 268
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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
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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; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00161. many very fine roots
    Bt—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty 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; 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00162. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Bk1—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00163. few very fine roots
    Bk2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00164. few very fine roots
    C1—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 90P00165
    C2—124 to 170 centimeters (48.8 to 66.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 90P00166
    C3—170 to 193 centimeters (66.9 to 76.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 90P00167
    C4—193 to 234 centimeters (76.0 to 92.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 90P00168
    C5—234 to 267 centimeters (92.1 to 105.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 90P00169
    2C6—267 to 348 centimeters (105.1 to 137.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 90P00170