IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cososa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CO023006
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CO023006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1251
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12747
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.3661118
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7183304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO023—Costilla
  • MLRA: 51—High Intermountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO023—Costilla County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HWH, AJS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cososa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cososa
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Hap
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2000
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6687-4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—0

    0—0

    0—0

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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

    1

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    2326

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    203

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    Ap1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07299. ochric
    Ap2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07300. ochric
    Ap3—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; 4 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07301. ochric
    Bk1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07302. CCE: 9.0%; cambic.
    Bk2—36 to 94 centimeters (14.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine vesicular and discontinuous tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07303. ped surface feature: CAF RF; concentrations: finely disseminated CAM 80% ARF; CCE: 9.0%; calcic; part A 14-25, part B 25-37 (in).
    Bk3—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine vesicular and discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07304. ped surface feature: micaceous (?) material on ped faces; concentrations: finely disseminated concretions irregular CAM 75% ARF; CCE: 9.0%; calcic.
    BC—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; 5 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07305. concentrations: CAM 10% ARF; CEC: 9.0%
    2C1—157 to 168 centimeters (61.8 to 66.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), white (7.5YR 8/1), dry; very fine sand; massive parts to single grain; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07306. (geologic strata) volcanic origin?
    2C2—168 centimeters (66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P07307. ped surface features: micaceous (?) material on ped faces; gypsum masses throughout horizon