IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CO009003
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CO009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CO009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3821
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39474
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 37.2938881
  • Std. Longitude: -102.8497238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 230 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Baca County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO009—Baca
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO009—Baca County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baca
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1955
  • 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: 10/4/1955 (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

    SALSO

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Salsola

    blue grama

    Russian thistle

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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

    3

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    180

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29346
    B21t—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29347
    B22t—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29348
    B31ca—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium prismatic structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29349. This is a moderate lime horizon containing moderate numbers of large soft calcium carbonate concretions 1/4 to 1/8 inch in diameter; there are a few thin patchy clay films on vertical and horizontal faces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187941; patchy - phpvsfiid 187941
    B32ca—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29350. This is a moderate lime horizon and contains 1/4 to 1/8 inch in diameter; there are a few thin patchy clay films.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187942; patchy - phpvsfiid 187942
    Cca—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29351. This is a moderate to strong lime horizon with lime finely disseminated.
    C—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29352. This is a weak lime horizon and contains a few visible lime mycelia and threads.
    D—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29353. This is a moderate to strong lime horizon and contains both calcium carbonate concretions and much finely disseminated lime. This last horizon is probably the upper portion of the underlying tertiary outwash beds.