IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ascalon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 59CO087002
  • User Pedon ID: 59CO087002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 59CO087002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3820
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39473
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.4944458
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8272247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 58W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 240 feet south and 1,560 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: AuC—Ascalon sandy loam, 3 to 5 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-D7—Peace Valley School, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clayton F. Spears
  • 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: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ascalon
  • PSC - 20 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2013
  • Classifier - Andy Steinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ascalon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1959
  • Classifier - Clayton F. Spears
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: tertiary outwash
  • Landscape: upland
  • Ksat Class Upper: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: YE-1F-50
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOUTE

    PASM

    Bouteloua

    Pascopyrum smithii

    grama

    western wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—53

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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

    3

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    1448

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    315

    356

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    145

    8.9

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular parts to weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29336
    AB—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29337
    Bt—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29338. continuous - phpvsfiid 1070127; continuous - phpvsfiid 1070127
    Btk—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29339. Visible lime in seams and streaks.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1070128; patchy - phpvsfiid 1070128
    Bk1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions and 3 percent gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29340. Moderate horizon of lime accumulation with visible calcium carbonate in streaks and in soft concretions.
    Bk2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29341. Visible calcium carbonate in thin seams and streaks.
    Bk3—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29342. Visible calcium carbonate in thin seams and streaks.
    C1—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard; Ksat of 28.225 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29343. Few thin seams visible calcium carbonate.
    C2—152 to 239 centimeters (59.8 to 94.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29344. Few thin seams visible calcium carbonate; some stratification with sandy loam material.
    239 centimeters (94.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A29345