IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ascalon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96CO628022
  • User Pedon ID: 96CO628022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 96CO628022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68766
  • 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: 37.2879167
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1894167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 S.
  • Range: 51 W.
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet east and 2,100 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: AnB—Ascalon sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37103-C2—Andrix, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 716
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ascalon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 20 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/1996
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33-F
  • Plant Association Name: Sandy
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Btk

    Bk

    38

    81

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Btk

    Bk

    38

    81

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Bk

    38

    81

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFI2

    ARLOG

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    MUTO2

    OPUNT

    SPCR

    Artemisia filifolia

    Aristida longispica var. geniculata

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Opuntia

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    sand sagebrush

    slimspike threeawn

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    ring muhly

    pricklypear

    sand dropseed

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    20—81

    38—178

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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

    3

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    406

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 110915; continuous - phpvsfiid 110915
    Btk—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 110916; patchy - phpvsfiid 110916
    Bk—81 to 178 centimeters (31.9 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.; dry when described;