IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063268B
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063268B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61660
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.1133347
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1191635
  • 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: Dennis Moore and James W. Borchert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 268
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Norka
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, 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

  • 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; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03090. common 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; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03091. common very fine roots
    Bk1—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 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; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk2—74 to 124 centimeters (29.1 to 48.8 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; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    C—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog.