IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Terry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 12CO005003
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CO005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 12CO005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7620
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55378
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.6071944
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9101389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 58W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1,090 feet south and 530 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 7 miles east of Deertrail, CO.
  • Map Unit: TdE—Terry fine sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO005—Arapahoe
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO005—Arapahoe County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39103-E8—Noonen Reservoir SW, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andy Steinert, Mike Moore, Chad Remley, Joe Chiaretti, Lee Neve
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Terry
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands over residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 127cm
  • Geology: Fox Hills Sandstone formation.
  • 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
    R067BY024CO Sandy Plains

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/2011 (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 - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BASC5

    BRTE

    HECOC8

    SPCR

    Bassia scoparia

    Bromus tectorum

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    burningbush

    cheatgrass

    needle and thread

    sand dropseed

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, densic

    weakly coherent

    127 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    densic contact

    0—9

    127—

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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

    2

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    1606.6

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    57

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    Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 4 percent clay; single grain, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01009; observed in trench
    Bw1—9 to 31 centimeters (3.5 to 12.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-10-20 millimeter iron-manganese concretions fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01010; observed in trench
    Bw2—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 8 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-10-20 millimeter iron-manganese concretions fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01011; observed in trench
    C1—54 to 95 centimeters (21.3 to 37.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face, moist; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-10-20 millimeter iron-manganese concretions fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01012; observed in trench
    C2—95 to 127 centimeters (37.4 to 50.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, moist; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse platy mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 141.14 um/s; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-10-20 millimeter iron-manganese concretions fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01013; observed in trench
    Cd1—127 to 187 centimeters (50.0 to 73.6 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, moist; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse platy mottles; massive; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-10-20 millimeter iron-manganese concretions fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01014; observed in trench
    Cd2—187 to 200 centimeters (73.6 to 78.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, moist; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse platy mottles; massive; extremely hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01015; observed in trench