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:
11/13/2024
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
1
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1247
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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