IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063270
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063270
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0557
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61659
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.0588875
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1522217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet S and 1300 feet W of NE 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 #: 270
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • 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:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03088. common very fine roots
    BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt 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; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    Bt—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03089. few fine roots; few very fine roots
    Btk—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    Bk1—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 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; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    Bk2—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    Bk3—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. few very fine roots