IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001KS071001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001KS071001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12978
  • 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: 38.5535545
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7940521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 41W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SE
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS071—Greeley
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS071—Greeley County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colby
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00564, 01P00574, 01P00573
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00575, 01P00565
    AB—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00566, 01P00576
    Bk1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00577, 01P00578, 01P00567. CaCO3: F F F+T
    Bk2—58 to 80 centimeters (22.8 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00568, 01P00580, 01P00581. CaCO3: F F F+T
    Bk3—80 to 102 centimeters (31.5 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00582, 01P00583, 01P00569. CaCO3: F F F+T
    Bk4—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00570. CaCO3: F F F+T
    BC—130 to 185 centimeters (51.2 to 72.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00571, 01P00586, 01P00587
    C—185 to 210 centimeters (72.8 to 82.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 01P00572