IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CO099010
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CO099010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3824
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39477
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 38.2449989
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5666656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet east and 100 feet south 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 #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baca
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    1170

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29369. Caused by tillage implements.
    B2t—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29370. continuous - phpvsfiid 196969; continuous - phpvsfiid 196969
    B2ca—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 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 # 40A29371. A scattering of lime spots.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196970; continuous - phpvsfiid 196970
    B3ca—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29372. Prominent lime mottles.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196971; patchy - phpvsfiid 196971
    Cca—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29373. Prominent lime mottles.
    C1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29374. A few lime streaks and mottles.
    C2—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29375
    C3—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29376. This layer continued without change to 10 feet.