IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96CO628031
  • User Pedon ID: 96CO628031
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 96CO628031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0591
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10272
  • 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: 37.2341944
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1092500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 S.
  • Range: 51 W.
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet west and 450 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: VB—Vona loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, overblownVoM—Vona loamy sand, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PUE—Pueblo, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37103-B1—Carrizo Mountain, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lee A. Neve
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 721
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vona
  • PSC - 33 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2014
  • Classifier - Lee A. Neve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vona
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/1996
  • Classifier - Lee A. Neve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh 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
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R069XY026CO Sandy Plains

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34-E
  • Plant Association Name: Sandy
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bt2

    Bkb1

    Bkb2

    48

    74

    102

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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

    Bt2

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    Bkb2

    48

    74

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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 %

    Bt2

    Bkb1

    Bkb2

    48

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

    ANGE

    ARFI2

    ARLOG

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    OPPO

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Andropogon gerardii

    Artemisia filifolia

    Aristida longispica var. geniculata

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    big bluestem

    sand sagebrush

    slimspike threeawn

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    plains pricklypear

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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

    paralithic contact

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    0—33

    33—74

    102—152

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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

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    A2—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 35 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 276035; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 276035
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 45 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 276036; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 276036
    Bkb1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.7 very fine to medium roots; 2 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bkb2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent fine and medium distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.