IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fondis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035004
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3870
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39516
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.3330574
  • Std. Longitude: -104.8125000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 66W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 122 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 #: 4
  • 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: moderately well
  • 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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    2042

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    45

    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), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29637
    Ap2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29638. Cultivation marks are present.
    B21t—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29639. continuous - phpvsfiid 196732; continuous - phpvsfiid 196732
    B22t—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29640. continuous - phpvsfiid 187161; continuous - phpvsfiid 187161
    B3ca—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29641. Some dark streaks 1/4 to 1/2 inches wide are present in this horizon along with lime mycelia.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187162; patchy - phpvsfiid 187162
    IIB2bca—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 10 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29642. patchy - phpvsfiid 187163; patchy - phpvsfiid 187163
    IIB3bca—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29643. Lime streaks 2 to 6 inches wide.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187164; patchy - phpvsfiid 187164
    IICca—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29644. Lime appears to increase with depth.