IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Kuma
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1954CO063004
User Pedon ID:
S1954CO063004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A3910
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
39556
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:
39.1875000
Std. Longitude:
-102.3388901
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
10S
Range:
44W
Section:
8
PLSS Details:
50 feet north and 0.33 mile west of southeast corner
Location Description:
Kit Carson County, Colorado.
Map Unit:
72—Richfield silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
State:
Colorado
County:
CO063—Kit Carson
MLRA:
67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CO063—Kit Carson County, Colorado
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39102-B3—Burlington 3 NE, Colorado
PEDON
Describers Name:
A. J. Cline
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Kuma
PSC -
8 to 58 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/7/2014
Classifier -
Andy Steinert
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture Subclass -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Rago
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
9/3/1954
Moisture SUBClass -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
QC Status:
level 1
SITE
Parent Material:
loess
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
broad flat
Ksat Class Upper:
high
Ksat Class Lower:
moderately low
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/3/1954 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—49
8—86
—49—
—78—
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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Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29934
Bt1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; gray (10YR 6/1) and white (10YR 8/1) on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29935
Bt2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29936. patchy - phpvsfiid 1202592; patchy - phpvsfiid 1202592
Btb—28 to 42 centimeters (11.0 to 16.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29937
Btkb1—42 to 50 centimeters (16.5 to 19.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29938. Tonhautchen are moderately thick and relatively prominent; variation in color is due to the intense worm working in which materials from the horizons above have been thoroughly worked into this horizon. In addition it appears that some of the material from the above horizon have been washed down into structural cracks and now coat the surfaces of the aggregates there.
Btkb2—50 to 66 centimeters (19.7 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 3 percent prominent clay films; 3 percent carbonate masses and carbonate concretions and worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A29939. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour and as concretions; Tonhautchen are moderately prominent; this horizon is also thoroughly reworked by worms and contains casts and channels filled with darker materials from the horizons above.
Btkb3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; clay films; worm casts and carbonate threads and carbonate masses and carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29940. The horizon contains much accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour but with some concretions and mycelia; Tonhautchen are very thin and patchy; the horizon has been partially reworked by worms, and dark channel fillings and worm casts occur throughout it.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1202589; patchy - phpvsfiid 1202589
Bk—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 3 percent carbonate concretions and carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29941. The horizon contains moderate amounts of concretionary and mycelial lime but somewhat less than the horizon above.
C—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A29942. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour.