IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eckley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CO123001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CO123001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0765
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12263
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO123—Weld

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Yonker, M. Petersen, S. Loadhol
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eckley
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2000
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P04723. rock fragment kind: G; rock fragment Sz: M; 15% M-CO gravel surface.
    Bt1—4 to 19 centimeters (1.6 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) sandy loam; 19 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 1 percent distinct black stains on faces of peds and 1 percent distinct skeletans over cutans on faces of peds; 12 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P04724. rock fragment Knd: G; rock fragment Sz: M; argillans.; patchy - phpvsfiid 201926; patchy - phpvsfiid 201927; patchy - phpvsfiid 201928; patchy - phpvsfiid 201926; patchy - phpvsfiid 201927; patchy - phpvsfiid 201928
    Bt2—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) coarse sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black stains between sand grains; 8 percent by volume rounded unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P04725. rock fragment Knd: G; rock fragment Sz: F; clay bridging, weak thin skin glass?; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201929; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201929
    BC—34 to 60 centimeters (13.4 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy coarse sand; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6 percent by volume rounded unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P04726. rock fragment Knd: G; rock fragment Sz: F; very weak structure.
    C—60 to 130 centimeters (23.6 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 20 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 00P04727. rock fragment Knd: G; rock fragment Sz: Co.