IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caruso
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 11CO1152112
  • User Pedon ID: S2011CO1152112
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 11CO1152112
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 72 - South Platte River Valleymlra72-South Platte River, westmlra72-SP Skmlra72-Marksbutte conceptmlra72-South Platte CO075, no boxmlra72-SP oxyaquicmlra72-SP Caruso, salinemlra72-SP Caruso no EC or pH data
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0424
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43113
  • 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: 40.9243889
  • Std. Longitude: -102.5635944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11
  • Range: 47
  • Section: 23
  • Map Unit: Sk—Marksbutte fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO075—Logan
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO115—Sedgwick County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40102-H5—Sedgwick, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Roth, D. Vyain, C. Remley, T. White, A. Steinert, M. Moore, C. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon #: 2112
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caruso
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/2016
  • Classifier - T. White
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary rock over strongly weathered, sandy alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: rare ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/17/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bw

    Bky

    Bk

    2C

    3Cg1

    0

    10

    25

    46

    65

    150

    10

    25

    46

    65

    150

    198

    11N02206

    11N02207

    11N02208

    11N02209

    11N02210

    11N02211

    N. Roth, D. Vyain

    N. Roth, D. Vyain

    N. Roth, D. Vyain

    N. Roth, D. Vyain

    N. Toth, D. Vyain

    N. Roth, D. Vyain

    26.6

    28.7

    28.8

    18.5

    1.6

    46.5

    0

    3.4

    8.4

    3

    0

    —

    31.8

    24.2

    24.4

    23.5

    1.8

    41.7

    15.7

    10.9

    12.8

    12.6

    0.9

    23.6

    16.1

    13.3

    11.6

    10.9

    0.9

    18.1

    41.6

    47.1

    46.8

    58

    96.6

    11.8

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    —

    sieves

    sieves

    1.1

    1.7

    0.4

    2.9

    4

    0.1

    2.5

    2.6

    1.6

    8.2

    10.6

    0.2

    3.1

    6

    5.8

    16.6

    31.9

    0.4

    17.3

    16.8

    21

    14.6

    44.4

    0.7

    17.6

    20

    18

    15.7

    5.7

    10.4

    —

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    l

    scl

    scl

    fsl

    s

    sic

    —

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    8.6

    8.7

    8.8

    8.4

    8.2

    5
    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

    A

    Bw

    Bky

    Bk

    2C

    3Cg1

    0

    10

    25

    46

    65

    150

    10

    25

    46

    65

    150

    198

    11N02206

    11N02207

    11N02208

    11N02209

    11N02210

    11N02211

    8.5

    8.7

    8.7

    8.3

    7.8

    4.9

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    0.06

    0.07

    0.08

    0.03

    0

    0.11

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    —

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    19.3

    17.2

    14.3

    11.5

    2.5

    41.3

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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 %

    A

    Bw

    Bky

    Bk

    2C

    3Cg1

    0

    10

    25

    46

    65

    150

    10

    25

    46

    65

    150

    198

    11N02206

    11N02207

    11N02208

    11N02209

    11N02210

    11N02211

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    —

    —

    —

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    25.3

    20.6

    13.17

    10.04

    1.7

    4.23

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    —

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    4

    7

    12

    11

    0

    —

    0

    0

    0

    1

    —

    —

    32.8

    35.1

    25.1

    10.5

    0.4

    4.7

    71

    61

    46

    25

    4

    5

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    PASM

    SPAI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sporobolus airoides

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

    alkali sacaton

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    gypsum accumulations

    redox concentrations

    abrupt textural change

    0—25

    10—25

    25—65

    25—46

    46—150

    65—150

    —25—

    —15—

    —40—

    —21—

    —104—

    —85—
    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

    —

    —

    1096

    —

    70

    18

    —

    151

    18

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    CO7515

    SEDGWICK 5

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The data entered in the pedon horizon lab data results table for this horizon are from KSSL lab pedon id 11N0424, sample # 11N02206.
    Bw—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The data entered in the pedon horizon lab data results table for this horizon are from KSSL lab pedon id 11N0424, sample # 11N02207.
    Bky—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, salt crystals with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The data entered in the pedon horizon lab data results table for this horizon are from KSSL lab pedon id 11N0424, sample # 11N02208.; The horizon designation was changed from Bk1 to Bky because the described salt crystals have been changed to gypsum masses after review of similar soils in the same landform location as this site. In these pedons the described salt crystals were found to be gypsum masses.
    Bk—46 to 65 centimeters (18.1 to 25.6 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint irregular weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The data entered in the pedon horizon lab data results table for this horizon are from KSSL lab pedon id 11N0424, sample # 11N02209.; The horizon designation was changed from Bt to Bw1 because there were no clay films described in this horizon and there is no other indication that there is accumulation of clay.
    2C—65 to 150 centimeters (25.6 to 59.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; sand; 4 percent clay; single grain; 2 percent coarse distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in pit, small. The data entered in the pedon horizon lab data results table for this horizon are from KSSL lab pedon id 11N0424, sample # 11N02210.
    3Cg1—150 to 198 centimeters (59.1 to 78.0 inches);, black (N 2.5/), crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; massive; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in pit, small. The data entered in the pedon horizon lab data results table for this horizon are from KSSL lab pedon id 11N0424, sample # 11N02211.
    3Cg2—198 to 200 centimeters (78.0 to 78.7 inches); silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; wet when described; observed in pit, small