IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wiley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87CO628000
  • User Pedon ID: 87CO628000
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 87CO628000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0835
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60130
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.2254444
  • Std. Longitude: -103.5233333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 S.
  • Range: 55 W.
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet west and 2600 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: WeB—Wiley silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO071—Las Animas
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO628—Las Animas County Area, Colorado, Parts of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37103-B5—Tobe, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 468
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wiley
  • PSC - 10 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wiley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: undulating plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 30-E
  • Plant Association Name: Loamy
  • 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
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bt2

    Btk

    BC

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    23

    38

    66

    89

    112

    127

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    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

    Bt2

    Btk

    BC

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    23

    38

    66

    89

    112

    127

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    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 %

    Bt2

    Btk

    BC

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    23

    38

    66

    89

    112

    127

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    BOCU

    BOGR2

    ELEL5

    GUSA2

    OPIMI

    PASM

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Opuntia imbricata var. imbricata

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Indian ricegrass

    sideoats grama

    blue grama

    squirreltail

    broom snakeweed

    tree cholla

    western wheatgrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—10

    10—66

    127—182

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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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    1765

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    381

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    11.1

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 111142; continuous - phpvsfiid 111142
    Bt2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 45 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 111143; continuous - phpvsfiid 111143
    Btk—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 45 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 111144; patchy - phpvsfiid 111144
    BC—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 2 percent fine faint carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bk1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 3 percent medium faint carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bk2—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    Bk3—127 to 254 centimeters (50.0 to 100.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.; dry when described;