IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kettle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3879
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39525
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.1744461
  • Std. Longitude: -104.8511124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 67W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 425 feet north and 650 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Douglas County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO035—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Brown
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kettle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    MUMO

    QUBE5

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Quercus berberidifolia

    blue grama

    mountain muhly

    scrub oak

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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

    60

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    2195

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    508

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    6.7

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29711. Pine needles and cones, partially decomposed.
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29712
    A21—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29713
    A22—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; coarse sand; massive; loose, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29714
    B21t—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable; clay films and organic stains; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29715. This horizon consists of horizontal bands of clay loam or sandy clay loam .5 to 1.5 inches in width; the finer textured bands are separated by layers of sand 4 to 8 inches thick that are massive; the finer textured bands have clay films and organic staining; some fine gravel is mixed with the sand.
    B21t—102 to 102 centimeters (40.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; 30 percent clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29719. This is the heavier streaks in the B21 horizon; it is moderate to fine angular blocky with definite clay films and what appears to be organic staining; the heavier material was sampled separately for laboratory analysis.
    B22t—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; very hard, friable; clay films and sand coats; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29716. This horizon is similar to the one above; sandy clay loam bands are .5 to 1 inch in width and 6 to 12 inches apart; structure is less pronounced but clay films are evident; sand coatings on the bands are not as thick in this horizon; areas between the bands are coarse loamy sand or sand.
    C—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A29717. A few bands 1/4 inch wide of sandy clay loam materials are present in this layer; the bands may be considered part of the B horizon rather than a C horizon.
    B21t—157 to 102 centimeters (61.8 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29718. This is sandier material between the heavy streaks of the B21 horizon; it was sampled separately.