IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bancroft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035008
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3826
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39479
  • 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: 39.1725006
  • Std. Longitude: -104.8133316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 66W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet west and 300 feet south of the 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 #: 8
  • 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

  • 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: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    KOELE

    MUMO

    PASM

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Pascopyrum smithii

    prairie sagewort

    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

    5

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    2195

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    90

    457

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    6.7

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29386
    B1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29387. patchy - phpvsfiid 188405; patchy - phpvsfiid 188405
    B21t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29388. continuous - phpvsfiid 188406; continuous - phpvsfiid 188406
    B22t—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), 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; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29389. continuous - phpvsfiid 188407; continuous - phpvsfiid 188407
    B23t—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29390. continuous - phpvsfiid 188408; continuous - phpvsfiid 188408
    B24t—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29391. patchy - phpvsfiid 188409; patchy - phpvsfiid 188409
    B3ca—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29392. Few lime mycelia.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197300; patchy - phpvsfiid 197300
    Cca—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29393. Much rodent activity and rodent holes in the bottom part of this pedon.
    IIC—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29394