IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90KS023001
  • User Pedon ID: 90KS023001
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 39.7583386
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8851981
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 400 feet East and 1050 feet S of the NW corner of section 36 T-3-S., R-41-W.
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS023—Cheyenne County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colby
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Microfeature: terracette
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: and a dip of 1 to 1 degrees
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 43
  • Microrelief Elevation: 5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

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    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

    10

    61

    15.2

    1064

    —

    45

    457

    —

    —

    11.7

    23.9

    0.6

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    AC—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    C1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    C2—41 to 81 centimeters (16.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; weak medium prismatic, and massive; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 4.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    C3—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; weak medium prismatic, and massive; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate threads and 2 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; dry when described;