IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S2013CO029028
  • User Pedon ID: S2013CO029028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 38.6225201
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8886795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 15—Billings silty clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO029—Delta
  • MLRA: 34B—Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO679—Paonia Area, Colorado, Parts of Delta, Gunnison, and Montrose Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David A Dearstyne
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2013
  • Classifier - David Dearstyne
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter igneous, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: David Dearstyne
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1689

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    90

    25

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; 25 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine dendritic tubular and many fine vesicular pores; 7 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; 39 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few fine dendritic tubular and few fine vesicular pores; 80 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary.
    Btz1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; 41 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; few fine dendritic tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine salt crystals; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary.
    Btz2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; 38 percent clay; 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine salt crystals throughout and 5 percent fine salt masses throughout and 5 percent medium salt masses throughout and 5 percent medium root sheaths throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary.
    Btz3—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; 21 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine dendritic tubular and few fine vesicular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine salt crystals and 3 percent medium salt crystals; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary.
    BCz—122 to 151 centimeters (48.0 to 59.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent fine salt crystals throughout and 2 percent fine salt masses throughout and 2 percent medium salt crystals throughout and 1 percent medium salt masses throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6.