IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kettle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3880
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39526
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.1300011
  • Std. Longitude: -104.7574997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 66W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet west and 150 feet north of the southeast of 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kettle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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

    CERCO

    FEAR2

    MUMO

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Cercocarpus

    Festuca arizonica

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    mountain mahogany

    Arizona fescue

    mountain muhly

    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

    5

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    2210

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    225

    508

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    6.7

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29720. Pine needles and cones. partially decomposed.
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29721
    A21—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loamy sand; massive; loose, loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29722
    A22—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; sand; massive; loose, loose; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29723
    B21t—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, loose; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films and 30 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29724. Thin nearly continuous clay films; bands of coarse sandy loam 1/4 to 1 inch thick with structure and clay films are common; massive coarse sand or gravelly sand 1 to 2 inches thick separate the finer textured bands.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196737; continuous - phpvsfiid 196737
    B22t—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very friable; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A29725. Coarse sandy clay loam bands 1/2 to 2 inches thick and 2 to 4 inches apart are common; between these layers are coarse sand or gravelly sand materials.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196739; continuous - phpvsfiid 196739
    B3—94 to 155 centimeters (37.0 to 61.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive, and weak coarse angular blocky; very hard, loose; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A29726. Coarse sandy loam bands 1/4 to 3/4 inches thick are separated by 3 to 8 inches of gravelly sand or coarse sand; the bands have some patchy clay films and structure.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196733; patchy - phpvsfiid 196733