IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001CO075004
  • User Pedon ID: S2001CO075004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0413
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13843
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO075—Logan
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.L. Petersen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weld
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak very fine angular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02166
    Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02167
    Bt—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 8.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02163. continuous - phpvsfiid 238260; continuous - phpvsfiid 238261; continuous - phpvsfiid 238260; continuous - phpvsfiid 238261
    Bk1—33 to 50 centimeters (13.0 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 6.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 33 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 23 percent fine and medium threadlike carbonate masses on surfaces along pores and 8 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses in cracks; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02164. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238262; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 238262
    Bk2—50 to 95 centimeters (19.7 to 37.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 6.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent coarse cylindrical carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent medium spherical carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 02N02165