IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Razor

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2012CO001003

User Pedon ID: S2012CO001003

Vegetation Plot ID: S2012CO001003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 12N8339

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69021

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: 39.9760278

Std. Longitude: -103.8053333

Datum: WGS84

Township: 1S

Range: 57W

Section: 7

Map Unit: Gu—Gullied land

State: Colorado

County: CO001—Adams

MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO001—Adams County Area, Parts of Adams and Denver Counties, Colorado

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39103-H7—Shamrock, Colorado

PEDON

Describers Name: Mike Moore, Andy Steinert

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Haplustepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.0

Pedon #: 3

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Razor

PSC - 25 to 74 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/6/2013

Classifier - Andy Steinert

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Razor

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Haplustepts

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

Classificaton Date - 8/23/2012

Classifier - Mike Moore

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: slope alluvium over residuum weathered from shale

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: concave

Runoff: very high

Ksat Class Upper: moderately low

Ksat Class Lower: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, unspecified at 74cm

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/20/2012 (actual site observation date)

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 - overcast

Current Air Temp - 27

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
AVFA BOCU BOGR2 CHNA2 EULA5 HECOC8 KOCR SCSC	Avena fatua Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua gracilis Chrysothamnus nauseosus Eurotia lanata Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata Koeleria cristata Schizachyrium scoparium	wild oat sideoats grama blue grama — — needle and thread — little bluestem	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	moderately coherent	74 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon paralithic contact	0—10 10—29 74—	—10— —19— —-

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
10	—	—	1439	—	280	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; common (2.0) medium roots throughout and many (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N05040; observed in push tube

Bw—10 to 29 centimeters (3.9 to 11.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; few (1.0) medium roots throughout and many (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N05041; observed in push tube

C1—29 to 60 centimeters (11.4 to 23.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; 57 percent silt; 43 percent clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to strong fine platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; many (2.0) fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N05042; observed in push tube

C2—60 to 74 centimeters (23.6 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay; 50 percent silt; 50 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; strong medium platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine irregular carbonate masses on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N05043; observed in push tube

Cr—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); bedrock; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; fragments.