IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Truckton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CO087007
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CO087007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CO087007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3928
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39574
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.0147209
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9625015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 360 feet west and 235 feet south of northeast corner
  • Location Description: Morgan County, Colorado.
  • 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Truckton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: YE-4F-166
  • 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

    ANHA

    ARFI2

    BOUTE

    CALAM2

    Andropogon hallii

    Artemisia filifolia

    Bouteloua

    Calamovilfa

    sand bluestem

    sand sagebrush

    grama

    sandreed

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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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    1433

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    356

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    8.9

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium granular parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30056
    A12—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30057
    AB—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30058. patchy - phpvsfiid 187602; patchy - phpvsfiid 187602
    B21t—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30059. patchy - phpvsfiid 187603; patchy - phpvsfiid 187603
    B22t—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30060. continuous - phpvsfiid 187604; continuous - phpvsfiid 187604
    B3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 21.0 roots; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30061. patchy - phpvsfiid 187605; patchy - phpvsfiid 187605
    C1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30062
    C2—97 to 201 centimeters (38.2 to 79.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30063
    C3—201 to 239 centimeters (79.1 to 94.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30064
    C4—239 to 274 centimeters (94.1 to 107.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; sand; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A30065