IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Litle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CO005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CO005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CO005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3888
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39534
  • 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: 39.5805550
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8083344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 57W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2,900 feet east and 90 feet south of the northwest 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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: excessively
  • 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

    BRTE

    OPUNT

    PASM

    SPAI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus tectorum

    Opuntia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sporobolus airoides

    blue grama

    cheatgrass

    pricklypear

    western wheatgrass

    alkali sacaton

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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 fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29779
    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, firm; 21.0 roots; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29780. patchy - phpvsfiid 187536; patchy - phpvsfiid 187536
    B2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29781. patchy - phpvsfiid 187209; patchy - phpvsfiid 187209
    B3cs—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 roots; clay films; 3 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29782. Gyp concretions are common medium and faint.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187210; patchy - phpvsfiid 187210
    R1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29783. Giving a change in color when the soil is moist and crushed; in this horizon and below, pockets of clear gyp crystals one inch or more square are present, with an average of two per square foot of surface.
    R2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A29784. Fine iron stains common on surface of plates.
    R3—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate very coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29785. Iron stains on the surface of plates.