IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nunn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO009003
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63087
  • 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: 37.2724991
  • Std. Longitude: -102.2058334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 520 feet W, 200 feet S, NE corner, SE 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO009—Baca

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alan Price
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nunn
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P00235
    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00227. many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    AB—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00228. common fine roots; many very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Btb1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00229. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Btb2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00230. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Btbk—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00231. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Bkb1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00232. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bkb2—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00233. common very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bkb3—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P00234. few very fine roots; effervescence is discontinuous