IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Julesburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063274
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063274
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61960
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.5294456
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6286087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .1mi E of N/S road and <.3mi S of NW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Moore and James W. Borchert
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 274
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Julesburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Aridic Argiustolls
  • 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: convex
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00146. many very fine roots
    BA—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00147. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots
    Bt1—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00148. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few coarse roots
    Bt2—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00149. few coarse roots; few very fine roots
    C1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00150. few coarse roots; few very fine roots
    C2—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 90P00151. few very fine roots
    C3—178 to 211 centimeters (70.1 to 83.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; medium single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 90P00152