IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bijou
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CO087003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CO087003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CO087003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3829
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39482
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.2763901
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9241638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 190 feet west and 175 feet north of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Morgan County, Colorado. Photo: YE-1F-149.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO087—Morgan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clayton F. Spears
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bijou
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: YE-1F-149
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFI2

    BOGR2

    SPCR

    Artemisia filifolia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    sand sagebrush

    blue grama

    sand dropseed

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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

    1

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    1356

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    356

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    8.9

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29407
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29408
    A13—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29409
    B1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29410. patchy - phpvsfiid 187660; patchy - phpvsfiid 187660
    B2t—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29411. patchy - phpvsfiid 187653; patchy - phpvsfiid 187653
    B3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29412. patchy - phpvsfiid 187654; patchy - phpvsfiid 187654
    C1—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29413
    C2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29414
    C3—152 to 224 centimeters (59.8 to 88.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gravelly sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29415
    C4—224 to 267 centimeters (88.2 to 105.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29416. Except for 2 thin seams of slightly calcareous material at 88-91 inch level.
    267 centimeters (105.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29417