IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Truckton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CO087008
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CO087008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CO087008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3929
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39575
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.0755539
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9397202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet north and 800 feet east of the south quarter corner
  • Location Description: Morgan County, Colorado. Photo: YE-4F-162.
  • 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 #: 8
  • 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-162
  • 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

    ANHA

    ARFI2

    BOGR2

    Andropogon hallii

    Artemisia filifolia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    sand bluestem

    sand sagebrush

    blue grama

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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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    1448

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    225

    356

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    8.9

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 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 # 40A30066
    A12—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); 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 # 40A30067
    AB—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30068. patchy - phpvsfiid 187606; patchy - phpvsfiid 187606
    B2t—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30069. continuous - phpvsfiid 187607; continuous - phpvsfiid 187607
    B3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30070. patchy - phpvsfiid 187595; patchy - phpvsfiid 187595
    C1—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent silt coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30071. patchy - phpvsfiid 187596; patchy - phpvsfiid 187596
    C2—94 to 165 centimeters (37.0 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30072
    B2b—165 to 185 centimeters (65.0 to 72.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30073. Not sampled.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187597; patchy - phpvsfiid 187597
    Ccab—185 to 206 centimeters (72.8 to 81.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30074. Not sampled.
    C1b—206 to 292 centimeters (81.1 to 115.0 inches); soft, friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A30075. Not sampled.