IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bijou
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006CO0871222
  • User Pedon ID: S2006CO0871222
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006CO0871222
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18450
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.2766113
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9246368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 59W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: located about 55 meters west and 60 meters north from the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 6 miles west and 2 miles north of Fort Morgan
  • Map Unit: BlA—Bijou loamy sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO087—Morgan
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40103-C8—Weldona, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Borchert & Andy Steinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1222
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bijou
  • PSC - 52 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bijou
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium derived from arkose
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 36
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 18
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARFI2

    BOGR2

    PASM

    SPCO

    Artemisia filifolia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sphaeralcea coccinea

    sand sagebrush

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

    scarlet globemallow

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    52—96

    —28—

    —44—
    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

    0.5

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    1349.7

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    45

    330

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    154

    9

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    CO3038

    Fort Morgan

    Wets
    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00648; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00649; observed in pit, small
    Bw—28 to 52 centimeters (11.0 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/2) crushed, moist; loamy sand; 83 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00650; observed in pit, small
    Btz1—52 to 73 centimeters (20.5 to 28.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 19 percent clay; strong extremely coarse prismatic, and strong coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; organic stains on all faces of peds and 7 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular salt crystals on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00651; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 326490; patchy - phpvsfiid 326490
    Btz2—73 to 96 centimeters (28.7 to 37.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular salt crystals on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00652; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 326489; patchy - phpvsfiid 326489
    2C1—96 to 178 centimeters (37.8 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, moist; loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-4-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00653, 06N00654; observed in pit, small
    2C2—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, moist; loamy coarse sand; 87 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-4-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red. Lab sample # 06N00655; observed in pit, small