IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulysses
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11CO099004
  • User Pedon ID: S2011CO099004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0416
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43102
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024
  • 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: 38.1325278
  • Std. Longitude: -102.4148056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22 S.
  • Range: 45 W.
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet west and 1250 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: About 3.5 miles north and 11.5 miles east of Lamar, Colorado.
  • Map Unit: RoB—Rocky Ford clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO099—Prowers
  • MLRA: 67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PUE—Pueblo, Colorado
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO099—Prowers County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38102-B4—Granada NW, Colorado
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lee A. Neve, Larua Craven, Chad Remley, Wm. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 465
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulysses
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium over loess
  • Landform: plain
  • 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: 2/24/2011 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    C

    0

    6

    27

    48

    99

    137

    6

    27

    48

    99

    137

    200

    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

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    C

    0

    6

    27

    48

    99

    137

    6

    27

    48

    99

    137

    200

    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 %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk3

    C

    0

    6

    27

    48

    99

    137

    6

    27

    48

    99

    137

    200

    6

    6

    12

    9

    9

    9

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—27

    27—99

    —-

    —-

    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

    1

    1098

    170

    368

    165

    11.1

    Ap1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02147; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Ap2—6 to 27 centimeters (2.4 to 10.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 34 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02148; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    Bk1—27 to 48 centimeters (10.6 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 18 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02149; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bk2—48 to 99 centimeters (18.9 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 23 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent medium distinct spherical carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02150; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bk3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 23 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N02151; moist when described; observed in trench
    C—137 to 200 centimeters (53.9 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 22 percent sand; 22 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent very fine faint threadlike noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 11N02152; moist when described; observed in trench. the redox concentrations are far less than 1 percent and associated with roots