IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO075001
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63091
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.4597130
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0291290
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sterling Sites, Logan County
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO075—Logan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Price
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (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
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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00269
    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00260. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00261. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds
    Bt2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00262. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots between peds
    Bt3—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00263. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds
    Bk1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00264. few very fine roots
    Bk2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00265. few very fine roots
    2Bk3—86 to 142 centimeters (33.9 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00267. (91P0266 - carbonate subsample); few very fine roots
    2Bk4—142 to 150 centimeters (55.9 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 91P00268. few very fine roots