IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Truckton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2006CO087961

User Pedon ID: S2006CO087961

Vegetation Plot ID: S2006CO087961

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 06N0187

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18447

Print Date: 11/11/2024

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: 40.1816406

Std. Longitude: -103.9132233

Datum: WGS84

Township: 3N

Range: 58W

Section: 31

PLSS Details: located about 952 meters east and 825 meters south from the northwest corner

Location Description: about 6 miles west and 4.5 miles south of Fort Morgan

Map Unit: TvC—Truckton soils, 3 to 9 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-B8—Vallery, Colorado

PEDON

Describers Name: Jim Borchert & Andy Steinert

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 961

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Truckton

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls

PSC - 74 to 124 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/19/2005

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-loamy eolian sands derived from arkose

Landform: hill

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/19/2005 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 118

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 - rain

Current Air Temp - 4

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ARFI2 CALO SPCR	Artemisia filifolia Calamovilfa longifolia Sporobolus cryptandrus	sand sagebrush prairie sandreed sand dropseed	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon	0—53 74—185	—53— —111—

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
7	—	—	1385.6	—	45	330	—	154	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	CO3038	Fort Morgan	Wets

A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00625; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A2—12 to 53 centimeters (4.7 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00626; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00627; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt1—74 to 93 centimeters (29.1 to 36.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/2) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00628; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 326494; patchy - phpvsfiid 326494

Bt2—93 to 116 centimeters (36.6 to 45.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00629; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 326493; patchy - phpvsfiid 326493

Bt3—116 to 185 centimeters (45.7 to 72.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 10 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00630, 06N00631; dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 326492; patchy - phpvsfiid 326492

C—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 3n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, phenol red. Lab sample # 06N00632; dry when described; observed in pit, small