IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rago
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063273A
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063273A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0560
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61662
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.5388870
  • Std. Longitude: -102.9941635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 50W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet E and 2000 feet N of SE 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Moore and James W. Borchert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 273
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rago
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rago
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • 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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    135

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03094. common very fine roots
    Bt—10 to 56 centimeters (3.9 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03095. common very fine roots
    Bt/E—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03096. few very fine roots
    Btkb—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), 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; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk/Btk—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. few very fine roots
    Bk—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous