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: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1141663
  • 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
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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