IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Vona
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2012CO009001
User Pedon ID:
S2012CO009001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
13N0469
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
75329
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:
37.3476111
Std. Longitude:
-102.1554167
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
31S
Range:
42W
Section:
16
Map Unit:
MaB—Manter and vona sandy loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes
State:
Colorado
County:
CO009—Baca
MLRA:
67B—Central High Plains, Southern Part
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NW-FTM—Fort Morgan, Colorado
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
CO009—Baca County, Colorado
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
37102-C2—Stonington, Colorado
PEDON
Describers Name:
Mike Moore
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Pedon PC 5.1
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Vona
PSC -
26 to 76 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/29/2016
Classifier -
Andy Steinert
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture Subclass -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ulmet
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Haplustalfs
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
26 to 76 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/7/2012
Classifier -
Andy Steinert
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture SUBClass -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
QC Status:
level 2
SITE
Parent Material:
eolian deposits
Landform:
plain
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
medium
Ksat Class Upper:
moderately low
Ksat Class Lower:
moderately low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/6/2012 (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
Current Weather -
sunny
Water Properties:
Water pH Method -
pH meter
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
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ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
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0—26
26—94
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—26—
—68—
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
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1161
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46
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Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; loamy fine sand; 82 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 91.74 um/s; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02026; observed in push tube
Bt1—26 to 54 centimeters (10.2 to 21.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay; 36 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 0.915 um/s; slow permeability; common fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02027; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493330; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493330
Bt2—54 to 94 centimeters (21.3 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 33 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; few fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02028; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493331; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1493331
Bk1—94 to 141 centimeters (37.0 to 55.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 28.22 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02029; observed in push tube
Bk2—141 to 200 centimeters (55.5 to 78.7 inches); 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 9.17 um/s; moderate permeability; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 13N02030; observed in push tube