IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ulm
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1991CO123007
User Pedon ID:
91CO123007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
91P0871
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
63909
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
40.8280563
Std. Longitude:
-104.7858353
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
10N
Range:
66W
Section:
15
PLSS Details:
550 feet N and 175 feet E of SW corner
State:
Colorado
County:
CO123—Weld
MLRA:
67—Central High Plains
PEDON
Describers Name:
Michael Petersen, Al Price, Tom Reinsch
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
7
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ulm
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic Ustollic Haplargids
PSC -
25 to 38 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/1/1991
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
hillside or mountainside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
upper third
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous 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—5
25—38
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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
4
—
—
1682
—
225
30
—
—
9
23
1
8
22
1
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—
—
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A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium crumb structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05282. common fine roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout
A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05283. few coarse roots between peds; common fine and medium roots throughout
BA—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05284. common fine roots throughout
Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05285. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 227124; patchy - phpvsfiid 227125; patchy - phpvsfiid 227124; patchy - phpvsfiid 227125
Bt2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05286. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227126; patchy - phpvsfiid 227127; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227126; patchy - phpvsfiid 227127
BCk—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 70 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) coats on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05287. 20-25% of soil structure is remnants of shale/rock structure; common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; very few coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 227128; patchy - phpvsfiid 227128
2CBk—89 to 130 centimeters (35.0 to 51.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 91P05288. few fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; effervescence is discontinuous