IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Barx
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1993CO083003
User Pedon ID:
93CO083003
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1993CO083003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
93P0645
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
65988
Print Date:
1/28/2025
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:
37.4644432
Std. Longitude:
-108.9850006
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
37N
Range:
19W
Section:
18
PLSS Details:
2300 feet west and 2700 feet north of southeast corner
Location Description:
About 350 feet west of road to Hovenweep.
State:
Colorado
County:
CO083—Montezuma
MLRA:
35—Colorado Plateau
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CO671—Cortez Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores and Montezuma Counties
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
37108-D8—Negro Canyon, Colorado
PEDON
Describers Name:
Jonathan W. Hooper, Douglas K. Ramsey
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Barx
PSC -
8 to 58 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture Subclass -
ustic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Barx
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
6/16/1993
Moisture SUBClass -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
mesa
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/16/1993 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
2-225
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, grassland
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
ARTEM
Artemisia
sagebrush
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
argillic horizon
calcic horizon
8—84
79—180
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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
2
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1838
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180
305
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A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 14 percent clay; weak very coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04535
Bt1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04536. continuous - phpvsfiid 191971; continuous - phpvsfiid 191971
Bt2—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; 21 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04537. 93P4538.; continuous - phpvsfiid 191972; continuous - phpvsfiid 191972
Btk—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent fine irregular carbonate threads between peds; fragments; 4 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04539. continuous - phpvsfiid 191973; continuous - phpvsfiid 191973
Bk1—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/3), dry; loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 21 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses between peds; fragments; 23 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04540
Bk2—109 to 180 centimeters (42.9 to 70.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 3 percent fine carbonate threads throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04541. 93P4542.
2R—180 centimeters (70.9 inches); fragments.