IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peyton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035006
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3900
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39546
  • 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: 39.1330566
  • Std. Longitude: -104.6680527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1270 feet north and 1620 feet west of the east quarter 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 #: 6
  • 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

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    GUTIE

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    snakeweed

    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

    10

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    2195

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    135

    508

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    6.7

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29853. Much rodent and ant activity in this horizon.
    A12—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29854. Rodent and ant activity evident.
    A3—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29855
    B21t—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29856. patchy - phpvsfiid 188389; patchy - phpvsfiid 188389
    B22t—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29857. continuous - phpvsfiid 188390; continuous - phpvsfiid 188390
    B23t—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29858. Few bands about 1/4 inch wide of sandy loam material.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188391; patchy - phpvsfiid 188391
    B24t—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29859. patchy - phpvsfiid 188392; patchy - phpvsfiid 188392
    IIB2—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, loose; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29860. Bands of sandy loam and coarse sand and gravelly sand are common.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188393; patchy - phpvsfiid 188393
    IIIC—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A29861. Iron bands 1.5 to 2 inches wide with colors of reddish yellow to strong brown are present.