IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wiley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO061001
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0775
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63814
  • 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: 38.4975014
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8397217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet east and 500 feet south of NW corner
  • Location Description: 6 acre WEPP sample site pedon described is 300 feet from center of WEPP site.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO061—Kiowa
  • MLRA: 67—Central High Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bowman, Hawn, Wettstein
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wiley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Ustollic Haplargids
  • PSC - 13 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—43

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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

    1

    —

    —

    1284

    —

    0

    36

    —

    —

    11

    24

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    12

    24

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04483; wet when described;. lime disseminated; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bt—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04484; moist when described;. lime disseminated; 10% organic dark stains on ped faces; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Btk—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04485; moist when described;. common fine soft masses of CaCO3; 10% organic dark stains on ped faces; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04486; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of CaCO3; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    BC—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04487; moist when described;. lime disseminated; large krotovinas; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C1—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04488. lime disseminated; large krotovinas; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C2—135 to 185 centimeters (53.1 to 72.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04489. lime disseminated; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C3—185 to 236 centimeters (72.8 to 92.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 91P04490. effervescence is continuous