IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Razor

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 08CO073026

User Pedon ID: 08CO073026

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 90P0037

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61970

Print Date: 6/2/2024

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: 38.5959722

Std. Longitude: -103.4849972

Datum: WGS84

Township: 17S

Range: 53W

Section: 8

PLSS Details: NW4 NW4

Location Description: 6 miles E and 36 miles S of Hugo, CO. T.17N recorded on description changed to T17S

Map Unit: 177—Razor clay loam, dry, 2 to 5 percent slopes

State: Colorado

County: CO073—Lincoln

MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO073—Lincoln County, Colorado

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38103-E4—Scott Draw, Colorado

PEDON

Describers Name: LAN

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Ustertic Haplocambids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 221

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Razor

PSC - 25 to 102 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/27/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - ustic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ordway

Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: plateaus or tablelands

Landform: terrace—outwash or marine

Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Elevation: 75

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

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

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			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
A A Bk Bk Bky1 Bky1 Bky1 Bky2 Bky2 Bky2 BCky BCky BCky Cr Cr Cr	0 0 5 5 33 33 33 51 51 51 71 71 71 91 91 91	5 5 33 33 51 51 51 71 71 71 91 91 91 152 152 152	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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
A A Bk Bk Bky1 Bky1 Bky1 Bky2 Bky2 Bky2 BCky BCky BCky Cr Cr Cr	0 0 5 5 33 33 33 51 51 51 71 71 71 91 91 91	5 5 33 33 51 51 51 71 71 71 91 91 91 152 152 152	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —		— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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	%
A A Bk Bk Bky1 Bky1 Bky1 Bky2 Bky2 Bky2 BCky BCky BCky Cr Cr Cr	0 0 5 5 33 33 33 51 51 51 71 71 71 91 91 91	5 5 33 33 51 51 51 71 71 71 91 91 91 152 152 152	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— 1 5 — — 3 — — 3 — — 3 — — 2 —	— — — — — — 1 3 — — — — 6 3 — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	1 — — 26 19 — — — — 18 16 — — — — 15	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	very weakly coherent	91 - 152	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon	0—18 5—51	—- —-

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	—	—	1402	—	90	30	—	—	9	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P0212

Bk—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay; 49 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 1 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P0213

Bky1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; 49 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 4 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix and 4 percent fine distinct spherical gypsum masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P0214

Bky2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay; 51 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 3 percent fine distinct spherical gypsum masses in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 90P0215

BCky—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; parachannery clay; 52 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 4 percent fine distinct spherical gypsum masses in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; 50 percent by volume flat very weakly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 90P0216

Cr—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 90P0217