IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peyton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035005
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3899
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39545
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.1722221
  • Std. Longitude: -104.7880554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 66W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 1200 feet east of the northwest 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peyton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1963 (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

    BOGR2

    KOELE

    MUMO

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    Junegrass

    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

    12

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    2195

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    270

    508

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    6.7

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29845
    A12—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29846
    A3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29847
    B21t—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29848. continuous - phpvsfiid 188386; continuous - phpvsfiid 188386
    B22t—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29849. continuous - phpvsfiid 188387; continuous - phpvsfiid 188387
    B3—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29850. patchy - phpvsfiid 188388; patchy - phpvsfiid 188388
    C1—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; coarse sand; massive; hard, loose; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29851
    C2—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; coarse sand; massive; hard, loose; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A29852