IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wiley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010CO009003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010CO009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0850
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36920
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.2321222
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3538833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 S.
  • Range: 44 W.
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet west and 1650 feet south of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: WIB—Wiley loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO009—Baca
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO009—Baca County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37102-B3—Moore Draw NE, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lee A. Neve/Bill Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 183
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wiley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over loess over alluvium
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R067BY002CO Loamy Plains

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/14/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bt

    2Btk1

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    3Btk4

    3Btk5

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    42

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap1

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    Bt

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    2Btk3

    3Btk4

    3Btk5

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    42

    72

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap1

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    2Btk3

    3Btk4

    3Btk5

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    calcic horizon

    0—10

    10—174

    19—113

    113—174

    138—174

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    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

    1

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04187, 10N04195; moist when described;
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 35 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04188, 10N04196; moist when described;
    Bt—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04197, 10N04189; moist when described;
    2Btk1—19 to 42 centimeters (7.5 to 16.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04190, 10N04198; moist when described;
    2Btk2—42 to 72 centimeters (16.5 to 28.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent medium distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04191; moist when described;
    2Btk3—72 to 113 centimeters (28.3 to 44.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 32 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04192; moist when described;
    3Btk4—113 to 138 centimeters (44.5 to 54.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent coarse faint spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N04193; moist when described;
    3Btk5—138 to 174 centimeters (54.3 to 68.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 30 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent coarse distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 10N04194; dry when described;