IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kuma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063269
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063269
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61958
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet E and 1750 feet S of NW 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Moore and James W. Borchert
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 269
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1989
  • 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: 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

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    135

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 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; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00128. many very fine roots
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 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; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00129. many very fine roots
    BAt—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00130. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 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; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00131. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Bt2—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00132. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Btkb1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00133. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Btkb2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00134. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Btkb3—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00135. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bkb1—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 90P00136. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bkb2—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P00137
    C1—157 to 224 centimeters (61.8 to 88.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P00138
    C11—224 to 244 centimeters (88.2 to 96.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P00139
    C2—244 to 300 centimeters (96.1 to 118.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P00140
    C21—300 to 320 centimeters (118.1 to 126.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P00141