IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CO005005
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CO005005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CO005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3845
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39491
  • 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: 39.5977783
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9791641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2,100 feet east and 970 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water 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

    8

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    1646

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    180

    356

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    9.4

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29469
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29470. patchy - phpvsfiid 187208; patchy - phpvsfiid 187208
    B2t—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 roots and 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29471. continuous - phpvsfiid 196753; continuous - phpvsfiid 196753
    IIB21ca—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29472. patchy - phpvsfiid 196754; patchy - phpvsfiid 196754
    IIB22ca—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 roots and 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29473. continuous - phpvsfiid 196755; continuous - phpvsfiid 196755
    IIIB21c—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29474. patchy - phpvsfiid 196756; patchy - phpvsfiid 196756
    IIIB22c—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm; clay films and on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29475. continuous - phpvsfiid 196757; continuous - phpvsfiid 196758; continuous - phpvsfiid 196757; continuous - phpvsfiid 196758
    IIIB23c—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29476. Many small holes less than one millimeter in diameter; lime concretions are few medium and distinct.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196759; patchy - phpvsfiid 196759