IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO123005
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO123005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0869
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63907
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 40.8138885
  • Std. Longitude: -104.7305527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 66W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet N and 275 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO123—Weld

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Peterson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Ustollic Haplargids
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1991 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    1588

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    90

    30

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05268. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    BA—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05269. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05270. few very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, moist; loamy sand; weak medium prismatic structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05271. few(<5%)small(.5-2 cm) in size blotches of CaCO3; few carbonate concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    Bk2—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loamy sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05272. few(5-12%)small(.5-1.5 cm) in size seams and blotches CaCO3; violently effervescent in segregated lime spots; few carbonate concretions concentrations
    BCk—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loamy sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P05273. moderate(15-20%)small(.5-2 cm)in size blotches CaCO3; common carbonate concretions concentrations
    C—135 to 183 centimeters (53.1 to 72.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 91P05274