IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Truckton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961CO039001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961CO039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961CO039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3927
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39573
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.5508347
  • Std. Longitude: -104.4205551
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 63W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 415 feet north and 425 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO039—Elbert

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Truckton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1961 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Yucca

    blue grama

    yucca

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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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    225

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak fine platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30049
    A12—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30050
    B21t—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable; coats and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30051. patchy - phpvsfiid 187194; patchy - phpvsfiid 187194
    B22t—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds and coats; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30052. continuous - phpvsfiid 187181; continuous - phpvsfiid 187181
    B3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable; coats and 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30053. patchy - phpvsfiid 187177; patchy - phpvsfiid 187177
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; coarse sand; massive; hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30054. Horizon split for sampling at 84 cm. Sample 40A30054 depths 63-84 cm. Sample 40A30055 depths 84-152 cm.