IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nepesta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11CO099001
  • User Pedon ID: S2011CO099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0413
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43099
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 38.2038333
  • Std. Longitude: -102.7366389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 S.
  • Range: 47 W.
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet east and 900 feet north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles north and 1 mile west of Wiley Colorado.
  • Map Unit: NmA—Nepesta clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO099—Prowers
  • MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PUE—Pueblo, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO099—Prowers County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38102-B6—Wiley, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lee A. Neve, Larua Craven, Chad Remley, Wm. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 467
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nepesta
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/3/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nepesta
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: paleoterrace
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Bkz

    Bk

    0

    23

    47

    62

    93

    130

    23

    47

    62

    93

    130

    152

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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

    Ap

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Bkz

    Bk

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    23

    47

    62

    93

    130

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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 %

    Ap

    Btk1

    Btk2

    Btk3

    Bkz

    Bk

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    47

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    130

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—99

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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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02128; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Btk1—23 to 47 centimeters (9.1 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02129; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Btk2—47 to 62 centimeters (18.5 to 24.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02130; dry when described; observed in trench
    Btk3—62 to 93 centimeters (24.4 to 36.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct irregular carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02131; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bkz—93 to 130 centimeters (36.6 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix and 1 percent very fine faint cubic salt crystals with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02132; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bk—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02133; dry when described; observed in trench
    C—152 to 176 centimeters (59.8 to 69.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 11N02134; slightly moist when described; observed in trench