IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954CO063002
  • User Pedon ID: S1954CO063002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954CO063002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3937
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39583
  • 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: 39.3155556
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile west and 125 feet south of northeast 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1954
  • 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: 9/1/1954 (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

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    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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    90

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate coarse granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30124
    A2—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30125. Tops of the columns are slightly rounded and have an indistinct platy structure that is confined to the top 1/4 to 1/2 inch.
    B21—13 to 24 centimeters (5.1 to 9.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30126. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 188056; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 188056
    B22—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30127. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197121
    B3ca1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; faint clay films; 1 percent carbonate concretions and carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30128. Clay skins are faintly visible under a hand lens, but are very thin and patchy.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197122; patchy - phpvsfiid 197122
    B3ca2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; carbonate concretions and carbonate masses and carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30129. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime both as lime flour and as mycelia.
    Cca1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions and carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30130. The horizon contain much accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour.
    Cca2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A30131. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated calcium carbonate chiefly as lime flour.