IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Terry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 12CO039001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CO039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 12CO039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7621
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55379
  • 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: 39.5538889
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8819444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 58W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1,655 feet north and 960 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 9 miles east and 4 miles south of Deertrail, CO.
  • Map Unit: TeE—Terry-Vebar-Tullock complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO039—Elbert
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO624—Elbert County, Colorado, Eastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39103-E8—Noonen Reservoir SW, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andy Steinert, Mike Moore, Chad Remley, William Shoup
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Terry
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2011
  • 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: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 48cm
  • 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: 11/1/2011 (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 - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANHA

    ARFI2

    BOGR2

    BRTE

    CALO

    HECOC8

    OPPO

    SPCR

    YUCCA

    Andropogon hallii

    Artemisia filifolia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus tectorum

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Yucca

    sand bluestem

    sand sagebrush

    blue grama

    cheatgrass

    prairie sandreed

    needle and thread

    plains pricklypear

    sand dropseed

    yucca

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

    bedrock, densic

    weakly coherent

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

    ochric epipedon

    densic contact

    0—15

    48—

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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

    4

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-5-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01016; observed in trench
    Bw—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 10 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01017; observed in trench
    C—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01018; observed in trench
    Cd1—48 to 111 centimeters (18.9 to 43.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium irregular and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium threadlike mottles; massive; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 4.23 um/s; moderate permeability; 0.5 coarse roots in cracks; 2 percent medium threadlike strongly coherent cemented carbonate masses at top of horizon; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01019; observed in trench
    Cd2—111 to 190 centimeters (43.7 to 74.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium irregular and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium irregular mottles; massive; extremely hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01020; observed in trench