IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Julesburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989CO063274A
  • User Pedon ID: 89CO063274A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0563
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61665
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: Kit Carson County, Colorado
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Moore and James W. Borchert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 274
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Julesburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Julesburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • 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

  • 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; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03101. common very fine roots
    BA—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03102. common very fine roots
    Bt—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 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 throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots throughout
    BC—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 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; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    C1—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 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; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 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, hellige-truog. few very fine roots