IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Albinas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO075003
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO075003
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63093
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 40.4641571
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0294037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO075—Logan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Peterson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Albinas
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • 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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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00287
    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00279. few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Ap2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00280. many very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00281. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00282. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00283. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bk2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00284. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    2Bk3—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00285. common very fine roots
    2Bk4—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 91P00286. few very fine and fine roots