IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Villedry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99CO628000
  • User Pedon ID: 99CO628000
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99CO628000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0137
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11645
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.6177500
  • Std. Longitude: -104.3232222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28 S.
  • Range: 62 W.
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet east and 1650 feet north of the south west corner
  • Map Unit: WV—Almagre-Villedry silt loams, 1 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37104-E3—Hidden Valley Ranch, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 758
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Villedry
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • PSC - 10 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from sandstone over residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered sandstone, unspecified
  • Geology: Dakota Sandstone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2-39
  • Plant Association Name: Loamy
  • 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: 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    BAt

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    Btk2

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    41

    61

    86

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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

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

    ASTRA

    BOGR2

    ELEL5

    PASM

    PLJA

    Astragalus

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    milkvetch

    blue grama

    squirreltail

    western wheatgrass

    James' galleta

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    lithic contact

    10—71

    51—89

    89—0

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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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    BAt—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 111042; continuous - phpvsfiid 111042
    Bt—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 39 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 111043; continuous - phpvsfiid 111043
    Btk1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 111044; patchy - phpvsfiid 111044
    Btk2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 278434; patchy - phpvsfiid 278434
    Bk—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary.
    R—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.