Named for Husted, a town between Monument Branch and Smith Creek, U.S. Air Force Academy site, El Paso Co, CO in the Denver basin. Type locality is Husted. Is present in nearly all the stream valleys of the Academy area. Made up of poorly consolidated compact dark-yellowish-brown sand and silt containing variable amounts of organic matter interbedded with thin beds and lenses of sand, gravel, and cobbles. Ranges from 5 to 12 ft thick. Two measured sections described. Is older than Monument Creek Alluvium (new) and younger than the unnamed floodplain alluviums. Correlated with the Piney Creek Alluvium of the Denver area. Of Recent age. Has BISON BISON Linnaeus fossils and human artifacts. Geologic map.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).