IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Garita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979CO109002
  • User Pedon ID: 79CO109002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0363
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47096
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.2541656
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0458298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 913 meters N and 146 meters E of SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO109—Saguache

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thixotropic over loamy, acid, frigid Typic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Garita
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Garita
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    920

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    1A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01932
    1A12—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01933
    1AC—17 to 33 centimeters (6.7 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01934
    1C1ca—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01935
    1C2ca—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 70 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01936
    1C3ca—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 75 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01937
    2C4—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 85 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 79P01938