IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Kuma
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1989CO063269B
User Pedon ID:
89CO063269B
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
89P0556
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
61658
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
39.1141663
Std. Longitude:
-102.1250000
Datum:
WGS84
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
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
269
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Kuma
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
ustic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Kuma
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
Taxon Kind -
series
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
1
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1230
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135
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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; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03086. common very fine roots
BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 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; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03087. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 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; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03087. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
Btkb1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 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; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
Btkb2—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 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; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
Btk—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and 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; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
Bk—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red. few very fine roots