IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Julesburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO115002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO115002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3876
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39522
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.7524986
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5152740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1,043 feet north and 165 feet east of west quarter corner
  • Location Description: Sedgwick County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO115—Sedgwick
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO115—Sedgwick County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. I. Brubacher
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Julesburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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

    4

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    1189

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    225

    457

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29687
    B21t—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29688. continuous - phpvsfiid 197305; continuous - phpvsfiid 197305
    B22t—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29689
    B3—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29690
    C1—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29691
    C2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sand; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29692
    IIC3—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; slightly hard, friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29693. patchy - phpvsfiid 197306; patchy - phpvsfiid 197306
    IIIC4b—165 to 196 centimeters (65.0 to 77.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sand; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29694