IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fondis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035003
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3869
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39515
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.3030548
  • Std. Longitude: -104.6825027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 285 feet west and 360 feet south of northeast 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fondis
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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

    2

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    2057

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    90

    432

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    7.8

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine granular structure; soft, firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29629
    Ap2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29630
    B21t—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29631. continuous - phpvsfiid 187165; continuous - phpvsfiid 187165
    B22t—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29632. continuous - phpvsfiid 187166; continuous - phpvsfiid 187166
    B3ca—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29633. patchy - phpvsfiid 187167; patchy - phpvsfiid 187167
    IIB21bca—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29634. patchy - phpvsfiid 196728; patchy - phpvsfiid 196728
    IIB22bca—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29635. Streaks of lime continue in this horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196729; patchy - phpvsfiid 196729
    IIB23bca—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films and 10 percent skeletans; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29636. A few slickensides are evident; perhaps some clay films; pale olive sandstone that is partially decomposed occurs at 72 to 96 inches; could still be dug at 96 inches.