IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Satanta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012CO087001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CO087001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0473
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75333
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 40.3686944
  • Std. Longitude: -103.6433333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 56W
  • Section: 28
  • Map Unit: AuB—Ascalon sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO087—Morgan
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO087—Morgan County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40103-C6—Brush West, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Satanta
  • PSC - 17 to 67 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 - Satanta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2012
  • 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: mixed eolian deposits
  • Landform: hill
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—17

    17—85

    —17—

    —68—
    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

    3

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    1341

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    212

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02047; observed in push tube
    Btk1—17 to 41 centimeters (6.7 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02048; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493332; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493332
    Btk2—41 to 85 centimeters (16.1 to 33.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02049; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493333; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493333
    Bk1—85 to 111 centimeters (33.5 to 43.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02050; observed in push tube
    Bk2—111 to 144 centimeters (43.7 to 56.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 1 percent sand; 77 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 1 percent fine carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02051; observed in push tube
    2C—144 to 200 centimeters (56.7 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 22 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 13N02052; observed in push tube