IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Julesburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO115004
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO115004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3877
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39523
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.8083344
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5708313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 858 feet east and 50 feet south of northwest 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Julesburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/1963
  • 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: 7/9/1963 (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

    3

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    1189

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    225

    457

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    10

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 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 # 40A29695
    Ap2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 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 # 40A29696. continuous - phpvsfiid 197310; continuous - phpvsfiid 197310
    B2t—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 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; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29697
    B3—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29698
    C1—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29699
    C2—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29700
    C3—155 to 193 centimeters (61.0 to 76.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A29701