IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CO099002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CO099002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958CO099002
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3854
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39500
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.0258331
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7038879
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 540 feet S and 50 feet E of W 1/4 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colby
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Ustor
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    1161

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29535
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive, and weak coarse platy; very hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29536. This is a tillage pan with light colored streaks (10YR 7/3).
    AC—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29537
    C1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1 percent worm nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29538
    C2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29539
    C3—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29540
    C4—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29541