IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1999CO087001

User Pedon ID: 99CO087001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 99P0378

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11237

Print Date: 11/24/2024

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: 40.3055267

Std. Longitude: -103.5771942

Datum: WGS84

Township: 4N

Range: 55W

Section: 19

PLSS Details: 20 feet S and 2240 feet E of the NW 1/4

State: Colorado

County: CO087—Morgan

MLRA: 67—Central High Plains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40103-C5—Brush East, Colorado

PEDON

Describers Name: jwb, mlp,

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplusterts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Limon

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007

Moisture Class - ustic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Limon

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, calcareous, mesic Typic Hapluster

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 6/4/1999

Moisture Class - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Field Measured Properties: 50 percent of Percent clay in

SITE

Landscape: plains

Landform: terrace

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/4/1999 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 43

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: wind and water erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon slickensides calcic horizon	0—23 23—41 23—170 66—107	—- —- —- —-

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
0	—	—	1279	—	180	356	—	—	8.9	22.2	-1.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 47 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P02060; moist when described;

Ap2—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 47 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 0.2 fine vesicular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P02061; moist when described;

Bw—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 0.2 very fine and fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02062; moist when described;. Slickensides 40

Bss—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 53 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 0.2 very fine tubular and 0.2 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02063; moist when described;. Slickensides 80. 3-8 grooved 6-12.; continuous - phpvsfiid 202640; continuous - phpvsfiid 202640

Bk—66 to 95 centimeters (26.0 to 37.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P02064; moist when described;. The moist color boarders 10YR5/2 and 4/2. Slickensides 80.

Bkn—95 to 107 centimeters (37.4 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 0.2 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium threadlike gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent fine and medium spherical salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P02065; moist when described;. Few slickensides.; patchy - phpvsfiid 202642; patchy - phpvsfiid 202642

Bbss—107 to 138 centimeters (42.1 to 54.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine vesicular and 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02066; moist when described;. Slickensides 10 to 15%. 1cm to 5cm 75 degrees orientation.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202643; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 202643

C1—138 to 170 centimeters (54.3 to 66.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 0.8 very fine vesicular and 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct , dry, nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02067; dry when described;. Few slickensides.; patchy - phpvsfiid 200464; patchy - phpvsfiid 200464

C2—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 18 percent clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 99P02068; dry when described;