IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Litle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CO005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CO005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CO005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3887
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39533
  • 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: 39.5958328
  • Std. Longitude: -103.7336121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet north and 2820 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Arapahoe County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO005—Arapahoe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO005—Arapahoe County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Brown
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Litle
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    GUTIE

    OPUNT

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia

    Opuntia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    snakeweed

    pricklypear

    western wheatgrass

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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

    5

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    1524

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    270

    330

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    9.4

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29772. Surface 1 inch has fine platy structure.
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29773
    B2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29774. patchy - phpvsfiid 187534; patchy - phpvsfiid 187534
    B3cs—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 roots top of horizon; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29775. Fewer roots and channels than horizons above, but still in evidence; thins patchy clay films along some channels; gyp concretions are common medium and faint.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187535; patchy - phpvsfiid 187535
    R1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 0.5 roots top of horizon; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29776
    R2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A29777. Fine iron stains running horizontally in the shale.
    R3—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29778