IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deertrail
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CO005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CO005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CO005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3864
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39510
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: -103.9652786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 521 feet east and 252 feet north 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deertrail
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    BOGR2

    OPUNT

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Opuntia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    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

    1

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    1646

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    0

    356

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    9.4

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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29593. The bottom 1/4 to 1/2 inch of this horizon has strong, very fine platy structure; this material coats the tops of the columns of B2 horizon.
    B2t—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29594. Columns are coated with fine bleached sand grains; roots are plentiful in this horizon, with as many penetrating the peds as following the structural faces; top two inches of this horizon has a little darker staining on the outside of the peds than the lower part of the horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 187204; continuous - phpvsfiid 187204
    B2ca—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29595. patchy - phpvsfiid 187205; patchy - phpvsfiid 187205
    B31ca—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29596. patchy - phpvsfiid 187206; patchy - phpvsfiid 187206
    B32ca—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 roots; 1.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29597. patchy - phpvsfiid 187207; patchy - phpvsfiid 187207
    C1—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 pores; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A29598
    C2—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and massive; soft, very friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29599
    C3cs—140 to 175 centimeters (55.1 to 68.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.0 roots; 3 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29600