IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calcidic Haplustalfs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012CO009002
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CO009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0470
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75330
  • 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: 37.1919444
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3866944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33S
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 9
  • Map Unit: Ca—Campo clay loam
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO009—Baca
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO009—Baca County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37102-B4—Moore Draw NW, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcidic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calcidic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/2016
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manzanst
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Calcidic Haplustalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 19 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/2012
  • 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 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately low
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bk1

    60

    79

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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

    Bk1

    60

    79

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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 %

    Bk1

    60

    79

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    19

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—19

    19—60

    60—

    —19—

    —41—

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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

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    350

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 68 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; common fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Bt—19 to 60 centimeters (7.5 to 23.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; few fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1038109; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1038109
    Bk1—60 to 79 centimeters (23.6 to 31.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; 21 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; few fine roots throughout; 19 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Bk2—79 to 98 centimeters (31.1 to 38.6 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; 15 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9.15 um/s; moderate permeability; few fine roots throughout; 25 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter.; observed in push tube