IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bijou
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CO087004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CO087004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CO087004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3830
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39483
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 40.3183327
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9983368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet east and 550 feet south of quarter corner
  • Location Description: Morgan County, Colorado. Photo: YE-4F-196.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO087—Morgan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clayton F. Spears
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bijou
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1969
  • 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: 5/5/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: YE-1F-196
  • 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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    1362

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    356

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    8.9

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29418. Slightly more organic material or organic stain and more plentiful roots than horizon below.
    A12—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29419
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29420
    B21t—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29421. patchy - phpvsfiid 187655; patchy - phpvsfiid 187655
    B22t—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), 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 # 40A29422. continuous - phpvsfiid 187656; continuous - phpvsfiid 187656
    B3—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29423. patchy - phpvsfiid 187648; patchy - phpvsfiid 187648
    C1—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29424. This horizon contains a few thins seams of clayey material and few small clay balls.
    C2—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29425
    C3—132 to 208 centimeters (52.0 to 81.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29426
    C4—208 to 290 centimeters (81.9 to 114.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A29427. Very coarse sand with some small gravels.