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:
11/21/2024
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:
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.