IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): goldbug

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2003CO-007-001-GOLDBUG_SAMPLE

User Pedon ID: 03CO007001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2003CO-007-001-GOLDBUG_S

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 03N0789

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15626

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 37.0741882

Std. Longitude: -107.3206253

Datum: WGS84

Township: 33 N.

Range: 4 W.

Section: 30

PLSS Details: northeast quarter of the southeast quarter

Map Unit: EO-CD—Arboles clay, 3 to 12 percent slopes

State: Colorado

County: CO007—Archuleta

MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO668—Archuleta County Area, Colorado

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37107-A3—Carracas, Colorado

PEDON

Describers Name: J.P. Pannell

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Haplustalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: within range of map unit

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - goldbug

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Haplustalfs

PSC - 43 to 94 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/11/2002

Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from sandstone and shale

Landform: mountain slope

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/11/2002 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 3GG-72

Plant Association Name: Ponderosa pine

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
AMELA FEAR2 JUSC2 KOELE PIPO PUTR2 QUGA	Amelanchier Festuca arizonica Juniperus scopulorum Koeleria Pinus ponderosa Purshia tridentata Quercus gambelii	serviceberry Arizona fescue Rocky Mountain juniper Junegrass ponderosa pine antelope bitterbrush Gambel oak	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —	— — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon	3—33 43—155	—- —-

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
30	200	100	2195	—	45	508	—	90	6.1	—	—	7.2	—	—	—	—	6258	Pagosa Springs, CO	—

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in cut

E—3 to 33 centimeters (1.2 to 13.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), moist; very stony loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut

B/Et—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and pink (5YR 7/3), yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; stony loam, stony clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut

Bt1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; cobbly clay; 36 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut

Bt2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; stony clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03998; dry when described; observed in cut

Bt3—97 to 155 centimeters (38.2 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; stony clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue.; dry when described; observed in cut