IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CO009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CO009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3822
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39475
  • 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: 37.5563889
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7858353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet west of the northeast 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 #: 4
  • 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 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29354
    B21t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29355
    B22t—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29356. patchy - phpvsfiid 187937; patchy - phpvsfiid 187937
    B3ca—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent ; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29357. patchy - phpvsfiid 187938; patchy - phpvsfiid 187938
    Cca—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29358
    ABb—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29359
    B2b—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent ; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29360. patchy - phpvsfiid 187939; patchy - phpvsfiid 187939