IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rago
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001CO075003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001CO075003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0412
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13842
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO075—Logan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.L. Petersen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rago
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ap2—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02158
    Bt1—14 to 51 centimeters (5.5 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02159. continuous - phpvsfiid 238218; continuous - phpvsfiid 238218
    Btb—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; on surfaces along root channels and 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02161. continuous - phpvsfiid 238219; continuous - phpvsfiid 238219
    Bk—82 to 100 centimeters (32.3 to 39.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 7 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds and 10 percent medium cylindrical carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 02N02160