IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963CO115008
  • User Pedon ID: S1963CO115008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963CO115008
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3911
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39557
  • 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: 40.8058319
  • Std. Longitude: -102.3041687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet east and 140 feet north of south quarter corner
  • Location Description: Sedgwick County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO115—Sedgwick
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO115—Sedgwick County, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. I. Brubacher
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1963 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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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

    4

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    1158

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    90

    457

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    10

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29943
    B2t—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29944. Upper and lower portions of the Bt horizon were sampled separately for partial analysis. Lab numbers: 40A29949,40A29950.; continuous - phpvsfiid 188412; continuous - phpvsfiid 188412
    B3—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29945. patchy - phpvsfiid 188413; patchy - phpvsfiid 188413
    C1ca—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29946. Free lime visible along cleavage lines.
    IIC2ca—84 to 132 centimeters (33.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29947. Visible stone line; pockets of loam and sand.
    IIIC3ca—132 to 198 centimeters (52.0 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29948
    IIIC4—198 to 351 centimeters (78.0 to 138.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; Error; single grain; loose, loose; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Not sampled.
    IIIC5—351 to 437 centimeters (138.2 to 172.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Not sampled.