IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bancroft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035007
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3825
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39478
  • 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: 39.1605568
  • Std. Longitude: -104.6666641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet west and 600 feet north 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bancroft
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and 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

    2

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    2195

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    0

    508

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    6.7

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29377
    B1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29378. patchy - phpvsfiid 188394; patchy - phpvsfiid 188394
    B21t—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29379. continuous - phpvsfiid 188395; continuous - phpvsfiid 188395
    B22t—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films and 10 percent on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29380. continuous - phpvsfiid 188397; continuous - phpvsfiid 188397
    B23t—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29381. continuous - phpvsfiid 188399; continuous - phpvsfiid 188399
    B3—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29382. patchy - phpvsfiid 188400; patchy - phpvsfiid 188400
    B3ca—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29383. patchy - phpvsfiid 188401; patchy - phpvsfiid 188401
    IICcal—130 to 175 centimeters (51.2 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; coats on faces of peds and 75 percent ; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A29384
    IICca2—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent ; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29385. Lime pockets 6 inches across; reddish brown structured clay occurring at 10 feet.