IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CO099001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CO099001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958CO099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3823
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39476
  • 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: 38.2564125
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5593719
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 3 mile E and .5 mile S, NW corner
  • Location Description: Prowers County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO099—Prowers
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO099—Prowers County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Milton Payne
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baca
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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
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    A1p—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29361
    B2t—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29362. In the pit there was some disturbance of the upper portion of the horizon and platiness or a plow pan from cultivation was in evidence.; continuous - phpvsfiid 187681; continuous - phpvsfiid 187681
    B2ca—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29363. A very few small lime nodules in evidence, otherwise the lime was well disseminated.; continuous - phpvsfiid 187682; continuous - phpvsfiid 187682
    B3ca—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29364. Violently calcareous with prominent lime mottles 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter.; continuous - phpvsfiid 187672; continuous - phpvsfiid 187672
    Cca—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 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, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29365. Violently calcareous prominent lime mottles, a few less than horizon above.
    C1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29366. A few scattering lime nodules.
    C2—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29367
    C3—112 to 213 centimeters (44.1 to 83.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29368