IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CO099007
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CO099007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958CO099007
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3914
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39560
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.7744446
  • Std. Longitude: -102.1466675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet S and 50 feet W of N 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1958 (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

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29970
    ABp—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 platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29971. patchy - phpvsfiid 187667; patchy - phpvsfiid 187667
    B21t—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29972. continuous - phpvsfiid 187668; continuous - phpvsfiid 187668
    B2ca—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29973. continuous - phpvsfiid 187669; continuous - phpvsfiid 187669
    B3ca—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29974. continuous - phpvsfiid 187670; continuous - phpvsfiid 187670
    C1ca1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29975. patchy - phpvsfiid 187671; patchy - phpvsfiid 187671
    C1ca2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29976. patchy - phpvsfiid 187664; patchy - phpvsfiid 187664
    C2—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29977
    C3—145 to 295 centimeters (57.1 to 116.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29978
    D—295 to 335 centimeters (116.1 to 131.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29979