IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bendemeere
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO019002
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0778
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62711
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 39.6852760
  • Std. Longitude: -105.4119415
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 72W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet N and 2100 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO019—Clear Creek

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, paramicaceous Lamellic Haplocryalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bendemeere
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1990 (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

    27

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    2627

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    45

    53

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04541. slightly decomposed needles and twigs
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04542. 10% gravel; few coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    E—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine and 5.5 coarse pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04543. 25% gravel; few coarse roots; common medium roots
    E/B—26 to 54 centimeters (10.2 to 21.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) very cobbly loamy coarse sand, coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 medium interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04544. 25% gravel; 1 lamella 1 cm thick (5YR 4/4) discontinuous (18 inches); few medium and coarse roots; common very fine roots
    B/E—54 to 77 centimeters (21.3 to 30.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P04545. 20% gravel; 1 lamella 1.5 cm thick sandy clay loam (5YR 4/4) continuous; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt—77 to 107 centimeters (30.3 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand, sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 medium interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04546. 20% gravel; 50% of horizon continuous lamella (thickest lamella at base of horizon); few lamellae 4 cm thick, cont. (5YR 5/6) scl texture, sticky, plastic; common lamellae 2 cm thick, cont. (7.5YR 4/4) loam texture, slightly sticky, slightly; few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    B/C—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04547. 20% gravel; discontinuous lamellae in "blotches" (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    BC—127 to 158 centimeters (50.0 to 62.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 90P04548. 25% gravel; varigated weathered metamorphic rocks; few very fine roots; common fine roots