IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kettle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO035009
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO035009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO035009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3881
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39527
  • Print Date: 9/20/2024

    • 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: 39.1444435
  • Std. Longitude: -104.7786102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 66W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1,320 feet west and 85 feet north 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 #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kettle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    CERCO

    MUMO

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Cercocarpus

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    mountain mahogany

    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

    8

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    2195

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    270

    508

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    6.7

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    ; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29735. Bands from the C2 horizon, sampled separately.
    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29727
    A1&A2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and black (10YR 2/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; loose, loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29728
    A2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; loose, loose; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29729
    B2&A2—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29730. This horizon consists of sandy clay loam nodules with coats of sand from the A2 horizon on the outside; colors in the pit indicate this may be a B21ir horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197302; patchy - phpvsfiid 197302
    B21t—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29731. continuous - phpvsfiid 197303; continuous - phpvsfiid 197303
    B22t—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, firm; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29732. patchy - phpvsfiid 197304; patchy - phpvsfiid 197304
    C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1), white (2.5Y 8/1), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; extremely hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A29733. Some vertical streaks 1 to 3 feet apart show organic staining; bands up to one foot thick with colors of strong brown when dry and reddish yellow when moist are present.
    C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; coarse sand; massive; extremely hard, loose; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29734. Some organic stains in vertical cracks and a few roots.