IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bresser
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CO005010
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CO005010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3842
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39489
  • 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: 39.6080551
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2136078
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 61W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 612 feet west and 108 feet south of the northeast 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 #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bresser
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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

    7

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    1646

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    90

    381

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    8.9

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, loose; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29458
    B1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29459. patchy - phpvsfiid 187186; patchy - phpvsfiid 187186
    B2t—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29460. Clay nodules or heavy spots present.; continuous - phpvsfiid 187187; continuous - phpvsfiid 187187
    B3—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; 3.0 roots and 21.0 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29461. Clay balls 5 to 15 millimeters in diameter are present.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187188; patchy - phpvsfiid 187188
    C1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29462. Some clay balls 5 to 15 millimeters in diameter; tongues of B3 reach to 40 inches.
    C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; coarse sand; massive, and single grain; slightly hard, loose; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A29463. Few clay balls 5 to 10 millimeters in diameter.