IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ascalon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016CO123013
  • User Pedon ID: S2016CO123013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2016CO123013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0637
  • User Project ID: CPER_010_NEON
  • Project Name: Central Plains Experimental Range
  • 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: 40.8008111
  • Std. Longitude: -104.7416472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 66W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 2,050 feet west and 1,150 feet north from the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Soil pit located 6.7 meters at a 196 degree angle from the southeast corner of the 20m x 20m plot to the center of the soil pit.
  • Map Unit: 55—Renohill fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO123—Weld
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO617—Weld County, Colorado, Northern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40104-G6—Eastman Creek South, 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: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ascalon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2016
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over residuum
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - CPER_023
  • DSP Plot ID - SE
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 196
  • Plot Baseline Length - 7
  • Plot Width - 20
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Center of pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Andy Steinert

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/22/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Andy Steinert
  • 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 - 13
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARIST

    ASTER

    BODA2

    BOGR2

    FEROC

    SPCR

    Aristida

    Aster

    Bouteloua dactyloides

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Ferocactus

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    threeawn

    aster

    buffalograss

    blue grama

    barrel cactus

    sand dropseed

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—37

    17—100

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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

    1

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    1655

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    290

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    A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02746; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 70 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; common fine roots throughout; common (1.0) fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N02747; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1555296; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1555296
    Bt2—37 to 72 centimeters (14.6 to 28.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; few fine roots between peds; common (1.0) medium tubular and common (1.0) fine tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N02748; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1555297; continuous - phpvsfiid 1555297
    2Btb—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 2.82 um/s; moderately slow permeability; very few very fine roots between peds; common (1.0) medium tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 16N02749; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1555298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1555298