IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954CO063001
  • User Pedon ID: S1954CO063001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954CO063001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3936
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39582
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1716652
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1647186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 25 feet north of southwest corner
  • Location Description: Kit Carson County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO063—Kit Carson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO063—Kit Carson County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. M. Payne
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PASM

    Pascopyrum smithii

    western wheatgrass

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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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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30116
    A12—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse platy parts to moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30117
    A2B1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30118. There is some gray flecking on the sides of the aggregates in this horizon.
    B21—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30119. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197152; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197152
    B3ca1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30120. The horizon contains a few small lime mycelia.
    B3ca2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30121. The horizon contains slight to moderate amounts of accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour but segregated into a few lime mycelia.
    Cca1—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30122. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour.
    Cca2—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A30123. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour.