IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063272
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063272
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0559
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61661
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.5294456
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0025024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 50W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 1500 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, smectitic, mesic Aridic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 272
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Paleustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • 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: 5/1/1989 (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, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03092. common very fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03093. common very fine roots
    Btk—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Ck1—89 to 145 centimeters (35.0 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    Ck2—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, chlorophenol red. few very fine roots