IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962CO005006
  • User Pedon ID: S1962CO005006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962CO005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3846
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39492
  • 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: 39.7333336
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0766678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 60W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2,300 feet south and 200 feet east 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buick
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/1962 (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

    7

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    1585

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    180

    356

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    9.4

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29480. Few fine water-worn gravels.
    B1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29481. Bleached sand grains common; few water-worn gravel.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187173; patchy - phpvsfiid 187173
    B2t—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29482. Bleached sand grains common in the upper part; dark staining on ped surfaces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196740; patchy - phpvsfiid 196740
    B31ca—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29483. patchy - phpvsfiid 196741; patchy - phpvsfiid 196741
    B32ca—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29484. patchy - phpvsfiid 196742; patchy - phpvsfiid 196742
    IIB21ca—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 very fine pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29485. patchy - phpvsfiid 196743; patchy - phpvsfiid 196743
    IIB22ca—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 pores; clay films; 3 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29486. patchy - phpvsfiid 196744; patchy - phpvsfiid 196744
    IIB23ca—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 pores; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29487. patchy - phpvsfiid 187168; patchy - phpvsfiid 187168